Take Me in Tuscany

When Elle Madden’s fiancé leaves her at the altar after a ten-year engagement, she decides it’s time to put herself first. No more starching Henry’s dress shirts or scooping Henry’s cat’s litter box or giving up pastries because they aren’t on Henry’s low-fat eating regime.

Elle pawns her ring, cashes in their tickets for that honeymoon in Orlando—who honeymoons at a theme park anyway?—and buys a first-class ticket to Tuscany, land of wine, art, and cheesy romance movies like Under The Tuscan Sun.

She might not find her own villa to renovate and a handsome Marcello to fall in love with, but a summer under the Tuscan sun sounds like the perfect destination to explore all the feelings and desires and emotions she’s repressed for too many years. And so what if she doesn’t meet a hot Italian lover. There’s plenty of vino and panzanella and Renaissance art to enjoy in Tuscany, right?