The Venetian House

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SOMETIMES COMING TO TERMS WITH THE FUTURE MEANS LETTING GO OF THE PAST...

For Victoria, orphaned at six, her grandmother Evanthi's beautiful home in Corfu
- known locally as The Venetian House
- has always meant safety, freedom & a near-magical kind of contentment. Brought up by her cousin Guy's parents in Engl&, she
- together with Guy & his childhood friend Richard Cunningham
- always longed for the idylllic summer holidays where they forged a friendship that would last a lifetime. Victoria was mesmerized by brilliant, selfish, enigmatic Guy, but it was safe, affectionate, reliable Richard whom she married.

Now, twenty years later, Richard is dead. Victoria discovers her marriage was a sham &, desperate to escape, she takes Jake out to The Venetian House, feeling that only these beloved surroundings can she face her demons.

Then photographer Patrick Hammond arrives. He brings with him his own troubles
- his marriage to elegant, self-centred, neurotic Rachel is in crisis
- yet a friendship, & possibly something more, starts to develop between Patrick & Victoria. But for Evanthi there is something strangely familiar about Patrick & soon she is forced to face her own troubled past.