{"product_id":"beneath-the-cypress-moon-kenneth-thomas-9798230827047","title":"Beneath the Cypress Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Forbidden Love. A War-Torn Italy. A Secret That Could Change Everything.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSicily, 1943. The war has reached the shores of Italy, and Livia Rossi's world is crumbling. Once the privileged daughter of a wealthy vineyard owner, she now watches as her homeland is torn apart by Fascist rule and the looming shadow of German occupation. The villa that once promised safety has become a prison of silence, where resistance is whispered and loyalty can be deadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne fateful night, in the moonlit cypress grove near her family's estate, Livia discovers a wounded man collapsed beneath the trees. He is \u003cstrong\u003eAngelo Moretti\u003c\/strong\u003e, a resistance fighter marked for execution, bleeding from a gunshot wound. Against every instinct of self-preservation, Livia makes a choice that will alter the course of her life-\u003cstrong\u003eshe decides to save him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she hides him within the walls of Villa della Rosa, Livia is thrust into a dangerous world of \u003cstrong\u003esecrets, betrayal, and forbidden love\u003c\/strong\u003e. Her childhood friend, Marcello Bonetti, now a loyal Fascist officer, begins to suspect her of hiding something-or someone. As the German forces tighten their grip on Sicily, Livia and Angelo are caught in a perilous dance between desire and destruction, where a single misstep could mean death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow far will she go to protect a man who has stolen her heart? And will love be enough to survive a war that threatens to consume them both?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDecades Later, A Secret Waiting to Be Uncovered...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresent-day Sicily. \u003cstrong\u003eElena Marconi\u003c\/strong\u003e never knew the truth about her grandmother Livia's past. Growing up, she only heard fragments-stories of a war, a great love, and a loss too painful to speak of. When a series of old letters are discovered in a rusted tin box beneath the cypress trees, Elena stumbles upon a name she has never heard before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"My dearest Angelo...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe words unravel everything she thought she knew about her family. If Livia was married to her grandfather, Marcello, then who was Angelo? And why was his name never spoken?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetermined to uncover the truth, Elena embarks on a journey that will take her through the ruins of war-torn Sicily, where the echoes of the past are waiting to be heard. With the help of \u003cstrong\u003eNico Romano\u003c\/strong\u003e, a historian with his own connection to the resistance, Elena pieces together a love story that defied the odds-but was ultimately lost to history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome secrets were meant to stay buried. Others demand to be set free.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798230827047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d","brand":"Kenneth Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46739276660991,"sku":"9798230827047","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d25530b3-0fcb-4173-950e-85d1589f6798.jpg?v=1743277729","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beneath-the-cypress-moon-kenneth-thomas-9798230827047","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}