• The Secret Diary of Rome
    by M.A. McLaughlin

  • 📅 Tour Runs: 1st – 7th September 2026

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  • ABOUT THE BOOK

  • A hidden diary. A story that’s waited a hundred years to be told...


    1960, New York.

    Emilia Rinaldi restores broken books for a living. She knows how to bring lost stories back to life.


    The one story she cannot repair is her own.


    Then an unexpected gift from her late mother arrives — an antique music box containing a faded photograph and a torn page from the diary of Lizzie Siddal, the tragic Pre-Raphaelite muse and wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.


    Emilia follows the clues to Rome. To an abandoned villa left by a grandmother she never knew. To a collection of rare and beautiful books, hidden in a church crypt through the war . . . And a secret buried for generations.

    As Emilia pieces together her own past, Lizzie’s diary reveals another story. Two Rossetti paintings. One genuine. One a flawless forgery.


    Separated by a century, the two mysteries are bound together. And when Emilia finally discovers the truth, she must decide whether some stories are meant to be preserved . . . or buried forever.

  • 📚 Book Details
    Genre: Historical Romance
    Format Available: eBook
    Tour Type: Review Only
    Page Count: 207 pdf pages
    Standalone / Series: Standalone
    Publication Date: 1 September 2026
    Publisher: Choc Lit (Imprint of Joffe Books)
    Perfect for Fans Of: Kate Morton • Evie Woods • Lucinda Riley

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