The Italy Affair

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Does The Italy Affair refer to international intrigue or romantic entanglement? For Maggie it may be both.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Four years after her adventures with </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The War Council</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> UC Berkeley Professor Maggie McGrew's professional life couldn't be better. In addition to teaching communication studies Maggie has added consulting gigs with Silicon Valley tech companies and a successful book to her resume.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Her personal life is another story. Feeling a bit at loose ends Maggie accepts her friend (and former War Council comrade) Monique's invitation to join her as one of the university representatives on an alumni association tour of the Art Towns of Northern Italy. There she discovers a region filled with beautiful art amazing food a variety of dogs and an abundance of Aperol spritzes-not to mention a mysterious painting hidden in a corner of a botanical garden and maybe just maybe love.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Italy Affair</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is the second book in the University Chronicles series. Like </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The War Council</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> it offers a humorous look at life and love this time amid all the romance of a trip to Italy.</span></p><p><br></p>