
Infatuated with Valentine and sending her enough romantic prose to keep a serious flame burning, Gianluca probes our heroine to consider his feelings for her.

Heating up Valentine’s life behind the scenes are the letters drifting in from Gianluca, a handsome Italian tanner with whom Valentine has done business in the past. Even though that’s basically the last thing she’s comfortable doing. Valentine is hard at work on her latest creation, an adorable and affordable flat shoe, and must relinquish some control to her brother. With a business background and a no-nonsense attitude, Alfred is the lone boy in the Roncalli’s sea of women - and he is determined to take Angelini Shoes to the next level. Though happy Teodora has fallen in love all over again with Dominic, she’s anxious about running the family business, Angelini Shoe Company, alone - or, more accurately, with her difficult brother, Alfred.


After her beloved grandmother upends their lives by marrying her longtime love in Tuscany, Valentine Roncalli returns to New York City with a heavy heart.
