num_pages: 432
description: Captain James Gould arrives in wartime Naples assigned to discourage marriages between British soldiers and their gorgeous Italian girlfriends. But the innocent young officer is soon distracted by an intoxicating young widow who knows her way around a kitchen...Livia Pertini is creating feasts that stun the senses with their succulence—ruby-colored San Marzana tomatoes, glistening anchovies, and delectable new potatoes encrusted with the black volcanic earth of of Campania—and James is about to learn that his heart may rank higher than his orders. For romance can be born of the sweet and spicy passions of food and love—and time spent in the kitchen can be as joyful and exciting as the banquet of life itself!
language: English
title: The Wedding Officer
titlecomplete: The Wedding Officer
characters: Livia Pertini, James Gould
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Italy, Romance, Chick Lit, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Food, World War II
ratings_count: 3075
places: Naples
publisher: Sphere