title: The House by the Sea
author: Montefiore, Santa
description: Ten-year-old Floriana is captivated by the beauty of the magnificent Tuscan villa that overlooks the sea just outside her small village. She likes to spy from the crumbling wall into the gardens. One day, Dante, the son of the villa's owner, invites her inside. From that moment on Floriana knows that her destiny is there, with him.