The Book of Unholy Mischief, Elle Newmark: Author Guest Post 7.27.09

Someplace to Go by Elle Newmark…The Book Faery says reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are, so check this out:

Venice. 1498. The Renaissance. Welcome to the kitchen of the doge’s palace.

In The Book of Unholy Mischief, a young man, actually a dirty little thief, is taken off the mean streets of Venice by the doge’s chef.  The kid’s name is Luciano. Just Luciano. The chef gets Luciano scrubbed up and deloused and fed, and then makes him his apprentice. Why? Ah, that’s a long story— 367 pages worth.

It’s the time of the Inquisition. The church is all-powerful and very, very corrupt. The Venetian Council is just as bad, and the syphilitic doge has his own secret passageway to the dungeon. All these nasties are in an uproar over a mysterious book. No one knows where it is, or even exactly what it is, but they all want it.

Without telling you too much, I’ll just say the chef has got more cooking than stew. Actually, he’s stewing in his own juices, brewing up a storm, cooking his own goose. Ok, I’ll stop.

Meanwhile, testosterone-driven Luciano is mooning over a saucy little minx stuck in a convent. In those days, a girl without a father had three choices: marriage, the convent, or the street. Francesca took the veil but she probably would have done better on the street. Luciano is besotted, and she’s got him wrapped around her sacrilegious little finger.

The Book of Unholy Mischief will take you into their world and tell the rest of the story. If you just want a quick, virtual trip to Venice you can check out the video walking tour of Venice on my website www.ellenewmark.comor on Amazon.

See you in Venice, and buon appetito.

FROM THE BOOK FAERY REVIEWS…Thank you Elle for sharing your book today at The Book Faery Reviews.  It’s always a pleasure meeting new authors with exciting books that will keep you on your toes.

To read more about The Book of Unholy Mischief, visit Elle Nemark’s website at http://www.ellenewmark.com.  You can also check out her book club discussion guide at http://www.ellenewmark.com/discuss.php.  Amazon’s posted one of her video’s about the book and her book style at http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m3OBVUHGFJ9M6M.