Summer At The Palazzo by Susie Sharp

Susie Sharp

<------ THE SERIES SUMMER AT THE PALAZZO BOOK TWO ECHOES OF THE LAKE

ECHOES OF THE LAKE · BOOK TWO
· GEORGIA'S STORY ARRIVES MAY 2027

Summer At
The Palazzo

A NOVEL BY SUSIE SHARP

'She arrived intending to let go.
She didn't expect the palazzo to hold on so tight.'

BE FIRST Through the palazzo doors

START WITH TIME FOR TUSCANY

From the author of Time For Tuscany, shortlisted for the RNA Joan Hessayon Award 2026.

THE STORY

Some Inheritances are more than property

Georgia Rayner has spent eighteen months avoiding home, decisions, and a future she never asked for.

When an Italian inheritance pulls her back to the palazzo she helped restore with her late husband, Georgia intends to do what everyone expects: settle the paperwork, let go of the past, and leave.

But Palazzo della Riva isn't finished with her.

Inside its sunlit rooms are memories she's tried not to touch, a betrayal too close to home, and the faintest possibility that life after loss might still hold beauty, purpose — and love.

Interior of an Italian palazzo stairway with dramatic overhead lighting, inspiration for Summer At The Palazzo by Susie Sharp

WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE

A LAKESIDE palazzo
FULL OF UNFINISHED DREAMS

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A nine-bedroom palazzo in the Tuscan hills, restored over a decade by a man who loved beautiful things. Travertine walls. An iron staircase. A south-facing window that throws a bar of light across the entrance hall at a particular hour of the morning.

Georgia knows this light.

She and her husband helped design this room. Coming back to it alone is the hardest thing she has ever done — and the beginning of the bravest.

THE CHARACTERS

The people at the heart of it

Georgia

The widow afraid to want tomorrow.

Georgia has spent eighteen months surviving a life she never wanted.

Kate

The sister holding everyone else together.

Practical, capable Kate knows what has to be done. But the inheritance stirs up more than paperwork, and Kate may not be as in control as she thought.

Ben

The builder who makes safe feel like temptation.

Ben has built a steady life in a familiar place. But beneath the calm, there is a hunger for life.

This book is for you if…

You love stories about women rebuilding their lives in midlife.

You love Italian sunshine, family pressure, and difficult choices.

You believe grief can sit beside hope.

You want a story that says it's never too late to begin again.

You love slow-burn romance with emotional depth, quiet longing, and a love that has to be earned.

DON'T MISS ouT

BE FIRST THROUGH

THE PALAZZO DOORS

Georgia's story arrives in May 2027, and I'd love you to be part of the excitement.

Join Susie's News for the latest on Summer At The Palazzo, a peek behind the scenes as I bring Georgia's story to life, and first news of preorders and signed copies.

Summer At
The Palazzo

'She arrived intending to let go.
She didn't expect the palazzo to hold on so tight.'

Some Inheritances are more than property

Georgia Rayner has spent eighteen months avoiding home, decisions, and a future she never asked for.

When an Italian inheritance pulls her back to the palazzo she helped restore with her late husband, Georgia intends to do what everyone expects: settle the paperwork, let go of the past, and leave.

A LAKESIDE palazzo
FULL OF UNFINISHED DREAMS

The people at the heart of it

Georgia

Kate

Ben

This book is for you if…

'She survived the worst,

now she has to survive

what comes after.'

DON'T MISS ouT

BE FIRST THROUGH

THE PALAZZO DOORS

Georgia's story arrives in May 2027, and I'd love you to be part of the excitement.

Join Susie's News for the latest on Summer At The Palazzo, a peek behind the scenes as I bring Georgia's story to life, and first news of preorders and signed copies.

Summer AtThe Palazzo

'She arrived intending to let go.She didn't expect the palazzo to hold on so tight.'

Some Inheritances are more than property

Georgia Rayner has spent eighteen months avoiding home, decisions, and a future she never asked for.

When an Italian inheritance pulls her back to the palazzo she helped restore with her late husband, Georgia intends to do what everyone expects: settle the paperwork, let go of the past, and leave.

A LAKESIDE palazzoFULL OF UNFINISHED DREAMS

The people at the heart of it

Georgia

Kate

Ben

This book is for you if…

'She survived the worst,

now she has to survive

what comes after.'

DON'T MISS ouT

BE FIRST THROUGH

THE PALAZZO DOORS

Georgia's story arrives in May 2027, and I'd love you to be part of the excitement.

Join Susie's News for the latest on Summer At The Palazzo, a peek behind the scenes as I bring Georgia's story to life, and first news of preorders and signed copies.

Wonderful!

Summer At
The Palazzo

'She arrived intending to let go.
She didn't expect the palazzo to hold on so tight.'

A LAKESIDE palazzo
FULL OF UNFINISHED DREAMS