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Each morning Livia Moretti makes her way from an apartment overlooking Florence’s famous Duomo to a nearby café, where she drinks espresso and reads the newspaper. To the crowds of tourists who pass by, nothing about Livia will be memorable. She is simply an old lady. They walk on without knowing the part she played in ensuring the future of this beautiful city. And to Livia now, those dark days feel very far away. But today, when she opens the paper, she sees a name she has not heard for a long time. A name that will bring memories flooding back.

Italy, 1943. For Carmela del Bosco, a farm girl in a remote Italian village, sheltering an English spy is the most dangerous thing she could do. If she’s caught by the fascists, it would be the end, especially for her beloved grandmother sleeping soundly upstairs. But taking in the pleading brown eyes of the man calling himself Sebastiano slumped at her door, and his terrible injuries inflicted by the Nazi occupiers, Carmela remembers how Nonna always taught her right from wrong. Risking everything, she hides him in a ruined tower on the edge of the farm.

È passato un anno da quando Ella ha iniziato a lavorare come cam girl. Ha conosciuto online un uomo più grande di lei che promette di darle tutto ciò che potrebbe mai desiderare in cambio di una cosa sola: la sua compagnia. L'estate da sugar baby di Ella è piena di cene lussuose, abiti costosi, viaggi e, cosa più importante, la continuazione del suo risveglio sessuale. Ma quando Ella s'imbatte in un suo vecchio fidanzato, le cose arrivano a un punto di svolta e lei è costretta a fare una scelta.