About the book: 2016 / Having lost her husband in a car accident, Vera Mancini seemed to have lost her zest for life forever. Outwardly beautiful, full of energy, she decided that romantic relationships with men were no longer for her. All Vera’s thoughts and feelings were occupied only by her little son, the four-year-old toddler Giulio. It seemed to Vera that happiness would never knock on her door. However, fate decided otherwise. And it all started with a mysterious portrait of an Italian aristocrat of the sixteenth century…