Shades Of Brilliance

By: Eleanor Chance

Escape into the golden days of Renaissance Venice with Celeste Gabriele, an impoverished nanny who risks all she holds dear, even her life, to pursue her passion of becoming a master painter and win the heart of the nobleman she loves.

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Escape into the golden days of Renaissance Venice with Celeste Gabriele, an impoverished nanny who risks losing all she holds dear, perhaps even her life, to pursue her passion of becoming a master painter and win the heart of the nobleman she loves.

Celeste Gabriele's life has gone from wealth and privilege in the highest echelons of Venetian aristocracy to dismal poverty in the slums. With her drunk of a father missing and her mother dead, it falls upon Celeste to protect her younger brothers and sister from starvation.

When the burden becomes overwhelming, and Celeste makes plans to escape her wretched life, her wealthy aunt appears and whisks her off to work as a nanny to young Federigo. One day during Federigo's art lesson, Maestro Luciano Vicente, master artist, and Florentine Duca, finds a sketch drawn by Celeste. He immediately recognizes her raw artistic talent and begs her to become his secret protégé.

Celeste consents and soon becomes obsessed as she hones her abilities under the watchful eye of Luciano. She carries on blissfully until her secret is discovered and she is thrown out onto the street with nothing. Will she survive in a world working against her to achieve her dreams and win the heart of the nobleman she loves?

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