Last Voyage of the Valentina - reviews

"Montefiore is a grand storyteller. Her near-lyrical descriptive prose is appealing on its own; the plot is involving on multiple levels, crossing several genres; and her characters step well beyond formula. All in all, a fine way for American readers to get to know the Montefiore name, which will very soon be cropping up in the same sentences as the name Maeve Binchy."
Booklist

"Santa Montefiore is a superb storyteller of love and death in romantic places... Last Voyage of the Valentina is a passionate page-turning life journey and a dark mystery that sweeps from war-torn, mafia-infested Italy to aristocratic 1960s London in an arc of sin and redemption."
Plum Sykes, author of Bergdorf Blondes and Debutante Divorcees

"If you are a fan of the old-fashioned blockbuster and are fond of a little Rosamunde Pilcher-style nostalgia, this is just the ticket."
Glamour (UK)

"Classy romantic saga. Escape into a world of ardent love and doomed desire."
InStyle (UK)

"The stuff of delicious escapism."
The Sunday Times (UK)

"Santa is the new Rosamunde Pilcher."
Daily Mail (UK)

"Flamboyant, suspenseful, and atmospheric...Anyone who likes Joanne Harris orMary Wesley will love Montefiore's atmospheric fifth romance."
Mail on Sunday (UK)