Valentine Kisses

Valentine Kisses

UNPUBLISHED OCTOBER 2023

His love waits...

Vincente Bianchi is second-guessing his decision to be a stand-in date for a Valentine’s weekend charity ball. Family duty compelled him, but he’s not one for last-minute plans, or set-up dates. Since his date is Gina Marchesi, who he last saw when she was a shy, awkward teen, he figures they can have a quiet, sedate evening. Then Gina walks into North Beach Bakery and turns his life inside out with her beauty, impetuousness, and burgeoning trust in him.

Not so patiently...

Gina Marchesi impulsively decides that one date with Vincente can resolve her decade-long crush on the intense, caring man whose family her dad dislikes. When Gina and Vincente’s date leaves her in the cold, and her plans to save the family bakery go flat, she wonders what’s left for her. In trying to recover her family, her faith, and her life, one person stays constant: Vincente. As they grow closer, Gina and Vincente soon discover that sometimes our deepest yearnings are the answers to our prayers.