Falling For The Venetian Billionaire. Rebecca Winters

that he’d done an expert job.

      Following that conversation, they discussed the letter Byron had written to his English publisher, John Murray, in 1817 about the time he’d spent at the Armenian monastery.

      Before Ginger had to leave because the next tourist group had arrived, Father Giovanni quoted the last few lines of the letter from memory, lines that had become famous. The last line Byron wrote about life in the monastery made an impact. “‘“There is another and a better” even in this life.’”

      Obviously Father Giovanni, who’d come from such an aristocratic family, had found a better life here, too.

      Ginger thanked him for making this visit so memorable. She’d finished her research here and left the building, not knowing if Father Giovanni’s brother was truly waiting for her. She felt jittery with anticipation as she walked past another group of tourists to reach the dock.

      “Signora Lawrence?” She’d know that voice anywhere and looked to the right.

      Vittorio Della Scalla was standing in a sleek-looking blue and silver ski boat. Despite his modern clothes, she could imagine him one of the fierce Venetian warriors of the fifteenth century who’d opened up the Mediterranean trade routes in defiance of the Ottomans and Spaniards.