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    "title": "The Sicilian Secret",
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    "description": "<p>Italy, 1943. With war raging across the rugged cliffs and turquoise waters of his beloved Sicily, Savio&rsquo;s pen scrawls desperately across the page. His letter must be sent in secret &ndash; or his life will be in terrible danger&hellip;England, present day. Paige is devastated when her reclusive but beloved Aunt Florence dies &ndash; the only family she&rsquo;s ever known. Inheriting her crumbling cottage, Paige finds an unfinished note. &lsquo;I am sorry, Paige. It&rsquo;s time to tell you everything. It all began in Sicily&hellip;&rsquo;Beside the note is a faded envelope &ndash; addressed to a woman called Joy &ndash; with an Italian postage stamp from 1943. The letter inside is made up of Roman numerals and snippets of sentences written in Italian. But who is Joy? Was someone sending a coded message? Paige is desperate to piece together the truth. But she soon discovers it will change everything she&rsquo;s ever believed about her aunt, and her family history.1943. Lady Joy Harrison may have grown up in a manor house, but she&rsquo;s determined to fight for what&rsquo;s right and use her fluent Italian to help the Allies. Breaking code on a long night shift, Joy reads a secret message that makes her whole body shake. A dark-eyed young man she once loved is in terrible danger on the shores of Sicily. Was the message sent by him? And will she ever see him again &ndash; or will the war tear them apart for good?</p>",
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