The Italian Winemaker
European Tycoons
Leanne Lovegrove
Reviewed by Helen
Marcella Armstrong is twenty nine and has grown up in Melbourne Australia with her mother and step-father, she loves her job as a barista and loves going out with her friends in the evening and on weekends life is not always easy for Marcella because of her stutter, although she has never met her biological father she does know about him he is Italian winemaker Marcello Mancini and when he passes away and leaves everything to Marcella on the condition that she spends one month there with a list of things that must be done, she is eager to go but really not sure how this is all going to work out.
Chief winemaker Rocco Berlusconi was Marcello’s best friend and over the years believed that one day this would all be his but that was not to be, Rocco has felt shunned by his parents in favour of his brother and now this but when he meets Marcella he is not sure how he feels but one thing is true he will do anything to ensure that Marcella does not sell the estate, but can he convince her to love wine and the estate as he does?
As they work together Marcella is changing her mind about what she really wants to do and her heart is falling for the handsome winemaker, he is so passionate about the estate and all things and soon after a few hiccups Marcella is feeling the same way, the people who work there as well as Dolly the goose are becoming her friends and family could this be what she needs and wants to become the woman she knows she can be?
A beautiful romance and I loved it from start to finish, MS. Lovegrove has again taken me on such a sensual and moving journey to another gorgeous part of Europe with characters that are so real their emotions and feelings flow through the words and setting, the food, the wine make this one a story that I highly recommend, truly a fabulous story. I will be sorry to see the end of this series, I have travelled to some beautiful places and I thank you MS. Lovegrove.
My thanks to the author for my digital copy to read and review.
Chief winemaker Rocco Berlusconi was Marcello’s best friend and over the years believed that one day this would all be his but that was not to be, Rocco has felt shunned by his parents in favour of his brother and now this but when he meets Marcella he is not sure how he feels but one thing is true he will do anything to ensure that Marcella does not sell the estate, but can he convince her to love wine and the estate as he does?
As they work together Marcella is changing her mind about what she really wants to do and her heart is falling for the handsome winemaker, he is so passionate about the estate and all things and soon after a few hiccups Marcella is feeling the same way, the people who work there as well as Dolly the goose are becoming her friends and family could this be what she needs and wants to become the woman she knows she can be?
A beautiful romance and I loved it from start to finish, MS. Lovegrove has again taken me on such a sensual and moving journey to another gorgeous part of Europe with characters that are so real their emotions and feelings flow through the words and setting, the food, the wine make this one a story that I highly recommend, truly a fabulous story. I will be sorry to see the end of this series, I have travelled to some beautiful places and I thank you MS. Lovegrove.
My thanks to the author for my digital copy to read and review.
5 stars
February 6, 2026
