The queen of romance is back at GO! Felicia Kingsley will present her new book, L'amante perduta di Shakespeare (Newton Compton Editori), alongside Annalisa Castagnoli (@anemonebook).

The book:

Nick Montecristo is twenty-six years old and has already lived nine lives. After escaping from prison with the help of a generous and cunning mentor, he reinvents himself once again—this time as a high-end art thief. His intelligence, cultural knowledge, and undeniable charm make him one of the most sought-after in the field.

His first client is a wealthy English collector of rare books, who hires Nick to recover one of the few coveted copies of Shakespeare’s First Folio, stolen from him years earlier by a rival baron. Now that the baron has passed away and his estate has been inherited by his son, the time has come for payback.

Nick travels to the baron’s villa on Lake Como, ready to execute his meticulously crafted plan. However, he doesn’t anticipate the interference of Angelica, an unexpected contender in the inheritance dispute. Young, stunning, and headstrong, Angelica is determined to claim what is rightfully hers—and drags Nick into solving a mystery that may be bigger than either of them. As the gentleman thief gets entangled in the intrigue, he may find himself seriously distracted by the captivating heiress...

The author:

Felicia Kingsley is an Italian romance novelist who balances her writing career with her work as an architect. She debuted with Matrimonio di convivenza, initially self-published before being picked up by Newton Compton.

The publisher has since released several of her novels, including Stronze si nasce (2020), Una Cenerentola a Manhattan (2020), La verità è che non ti odio abbastanza (2021), Bugiarde si diventa (2021), Due cuori in affitto(2022), Non è un paese per single (2022), Ti aspetto a Central Park (2022), and short novels such as Il mio regalo inaspettato (2022), Appuntamento in terrazzo (2022), Una ragazza d'altri tempi (2023), Una conquista fuori menù(2024), and Ex Files. Il diario delle tue disavventure amorose (2024).

She writes under a pseudonym: "Felicia is a name very similar to my real one, and it has always felt like a good omen, a wish for happiness. Kingsley is a surname I often used for my fictional characters when writing fanfiction in high school, so I kept it out of affection."