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Zach Larsson finds he just doesn't belong. He's too young, too smart, and too different: the perfect victim for middle-school bullying. The worse his luck gets, the more he dives into his writing to escape. But his stories are bringing an astonishing mystery into real life. Bad Luck Zach embraces second-language learning and the cultural mix that makes middle school life that much harder when it's right by the biggest international border crossing in the world.

Sex and romance intersect with murder at a Tuscan cooking school when an attractive 43-year-old American, an aspiring Italian cookbook author, becomes a prime murder suspect, fearing that she will become the next Amanda Knox! The protagonist, Marissa, had been given a "free pass" for a fling in Tuscany when her husband of 22 years encouraged her to do so, saying, "Remember, what happens in Tuscany stays in Tuscany."

This1854 novel focuses on a portrait of Mademoiselle de Malepeire, which hangs in Dom Gérusac's home in the countryside of southern France just before the first French Revolution. Noted for her beauty, Mademoiselle de Malepeire had been painted by her well-to-do suitor, who was enthralled with her beauty and able to disregard her cold and haughty demeanor. Her eventual love story is pieced together in Dom Gérusac's home as many unexpected guests join him, and Mademoiselle de Malepeire's dramatic new identity is revealed.