The Silk Charade
by Gillian Townsend
In this first novel of the series, Marine Officer Derek Carter turned government agent, discovers his soulmate Kate Winters in Naples, FL. When his first assignment tracks him to Venice, Italy, Kate shows up unexpectedly jeopardizing his mission and her life. A secondary story also unwinds as an insecure Kate reads from a whimsical diary of a middle-aged divorcee's setbacks-in the dating game.