'A Stranger in Paradise' is set in the 1980's/90's in Italy and U.S. of A. Perhaps it will revive memories of another true to life story of Charles and Diane; read of the ups and downs of the romance of Gabriella Anderson and the Count Galbasini; of their marriage of convenience and of the betrayal of her love after the birth of her two sons. The eternal triangle; the influential mother and the Mafia all set out to destroy her. Finally she finds what true love really means when she meets Lawrence Burchett who is employed by her father in her beloved 'pops' ever increasing empire of hotels. You will find so much to engulf you in this novel; the scenic descriptions of both countries; the trials of suffering with bulimia and how she hid from her family her attempted suicide when life got too difficult. How she enjoys the company of Marco her husband's brother; the black sheep of the family as it assumed that he is a homosexual. Also how she to succumbs to an affair that once more left her asking; 'What is true love? Gabriella on her return to Colorado, a young divorcee, is be-friended by Vivienne and it is to Vivienne that she narrates her story and at the same time daily life continues. Free at last of all her torments we leave her in the arms of her one true love an no longer does she feel like 'A Stranger in Paradise.