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Three Coins - Book Tour and Giveaway

12/6/2021

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Three Coins
by Kimberly Sullivan
Genre: Women's Fiction, Romance

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One Eternal City. Three women. Three wishes. Three coins.

Emma, an American expat living in Rome for twenty years, can’t count on her ex-husband to help out with the kids when things get tough. Dario Rinaldi, famed plastic surgeon to the stars, is too busy gallivanting around Europe with young women to take an interest in his family.

Beautiful Tiffany, born and bred in Iowa, is desperate to get a spot as a dancer on an Italian television show. But is she willing to do whatever it takes to make her dreams of TV stardom come true?

Annarita, from an Italian-American family in Yonkers, teaches English to over-privileged Italians and regularly has her heart trampled by boyfriends all wrong for her. As her mother is always quick to point out, nothing has gone right for her since she moved to Italy. And she isn’t getting any younger, either.

Emma, Tiffany and Annarita all meet up by chance at a 1950s movie night while on a restorative holiday at a beach resort off-season. The triumphs and hardships of these three very different women become intertwined as they form an unlikely friendship and work to better their messy lives.



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​The corners of Headmistress Green’s lips tilted upwards, but her stern grey eyes remained unconvinced. “I’m pleased to hear that. Too often, divorce can lead to decreased involvement by one of the parents. But in these cases, it’s our experience that two parents working in partnership can turn a situation like this around.”
She stood, signaling the end of the meeting. Emma scrambled to her feet.
“I hope to hand Chiara her diploma on graduation day. Don’t hesitate to call me if you or Doctor Rinaldi have any concerns you wish to discuss.”
Just shake hands with the woman and make it to the door without crying.
She followed Mrs. Green to the door, her Prada heels clicking with each uncertain step. She blinked rapidly, a desperate attempt to stave off the tears. She offered a weak smile to Mrs. Green at the door, and another to the receptionist, before exiting the office and walking out of the building.
The fresh air calmed her. It was a glorious autumn day, unseasonably sunny and warm for mid-October. The tourists were still wandering around the city’s historical center in shorts and tank-tops, wondering at the tropical temperatures compared to Stockholm, or London, or Hamburg. Usually, Emma was pleased to visit this campus, with its lush green yard and rolling hills, always finding it hard to believe this peaceful countryside was still, technically, a part of Rome. But today being on campus afforded her no pleasure.
She hurried down the hill to the entrance gate as fast as her fashionable but impractical heels would carry her. Please don’t let me bump into Chiara or the twins. She kept her head low, as if that could mask her identity should her children cross her path on campus, on their way to lunch or gym class.
“Emma! Why, it’s been ages!” A voice rang out when she’d nearly reached the school gate.
Emma turned on her heel to see a woman she knew had been one of Dario’s patients on more than one occasion. Her nose had been redone, her lips plumped, and cheek implants strained against artificially tight flesh.
“Margherita! What a pleasant surprise.” Emma stepped forward and kissed the woman on each silicone cheek. “It’s been ages. My fault. I need to contact you to see when I can help out with PTO activities. Isn’t the international luncheon coming up?”
Margherita waved her hand, attempting a smile on skin that was no longer elastic. “Oh, that. We all do what we can. I know how hard it’s been for you, what with …” she lowered her voice. “The divorce.”
The horrified expression accompanying her words would have been equally suitable for “your drug conviction” or “the mafia killings you ordered.”
Divorce was surprisingly rare at the Fairmont School, as Emma was quickly learning. “Oh, it’s fine. I forget about it half the time.” Dragon Lady didn’t need to know the truth.
Margherita sighed. “But still, so tragic. I always thought you were such a perfect couple. Although, I must admit,” she chuckled. “I never would have pegged you for a plastic surgeon’s wife. Although that was always part of Dario’s charm. He’s known for creating perfection on his patients, but never demanding it from his own wife.”
A steady throbbing began behind Emma’s right temple. “I’m over it, really. Thank you for your concern.”
“I’m sure you are, my dear. Especially if Dario could … sweeten the pot, shall we say, with his departure. It’s important we hold them to their financial obligations, eh?” She winked. “But still, it’s a shame for Chiara. Lucrezia tells me how upset she is, how she always complains the divorce ruined her life.” She shook her head. “You know how dramatic teenagers can be.” Margherita stood, expectantly, her head tilted.
Emma silently counted to five. “Thanks for your concern. It was tough for Chiara at first, but I think she’s starting to accept it.”
Margherita’s lips formed a dainty little ‘o’. “That’s not what I heard. But I’m always behind on these things. How nice that everything is going swimmingly, and I’ve been misinformed.” There was a hard glint in her eyes. “Let’s be in touch for the international luncheon. Bye, Emma dear.” With quick kisses on the cheek, she turned on her heels and made her way up the slope to the school.
Emma watched the receding figure, her head still spinning. A double whammy of Mrs. Green and Margherita. Surely, things couldn’t get any worse.


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I write the women’s fiction stories I love to read, both contemporary and historic tales of women and the rich lives they lead along their journeys of self-discovery. A lifetime admirer and longtime resident of Italy, I’m often guilty of sneaking the bel paese into my stories.

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What inspired you to write this book?

I wanted to write a multi-character story, told though the perspective of three women thrown together by circumstance, who gradually become friends and learn to lean on one another to improve their lives. Emma, Tiffany and Annarita are three very different American expatriates living in Rome, Italy. As the novel opens, each is facing seemingly daunting challenges that find each woman at the breaking point.
Realizing the need to get away and regroup, each woman finds her way to a seaside resort close to Rome, thinking this will be an opportunity to retreat, reflect and return stronger.
Of course, November is a dead period for these seaside resorts and these women are the only tourists in town. They meet at their hotel at a 1950s movie night, featuring the classic Hollywood film “Three Coins in The Fountain”. I thought it would be fun to revisit this 1954 tale in modern Italy, with three American women seeking happiness, love and fulfilling lives in the Eternal City.


What can we expect from you in the future?
I loved writing my contemporary women’s fiction, Three Coins, but generally I write more historical fiction. I have my next two historical fiction novels scheduled for next year. My second novel, Dark Blue Waves (the title is a line in a poem by Lord Byron) is a time slip story that will be released in April 2022.
Janet Roberts is a young American woman studying nineteenth-century English literature, who can’t believe her good fortune when she’s accepted into a Jane Austen graduate seminar in Bath, England. She settles in among fellow seminar colleagues, content to live, eat and breathe Jane Austen.
Suffering an accident, Janet regains consciousness in her own room—back in Regency England. While desperately attempting to make sense of her dilemma, Janet treads a thin line between trying to blend into her new world and not being unmasked as the imposter she is.
This was great fun to write. I adore nineteenth-century literature and history, and I absolutely loved writing about a character familiar with the period, who should know better, but still manages to constantly get herself into trouble in her new world. There’s a lot for her to reflect upon in her new (old) world: friendship, customs, love, the role of women in the past, but in the end, it’s very much a story that recognizes how similar lives, hopes and dreams are – even across centuries. And there’s a pretty compelling love story, too.
My third novel is a dual timeline contemporary/historical novel set in Abruzzo, Italy, a mountainous region east of Rome. My historical timeline is set during WWI, a time of devastation and rapid change for the region. This novel is currently in editing and planned for release in autumn 2022.


What’s something quirky about you?
I’m not sure if it’s truly quirky, but I like to tell the story of how I wound up in Italy. I’ve always loved Europe and had visited and studied languages in European countries as I was growing up, but I first moved to Europe after college, working as a journalist in Prague, Czech Republic.
I remember sitting with a new friend, another young American woman, in one of the elegant art deco cafés I love so much in central and eastern Europe. Conversation turned to men and I remember we were both pretty adamant (as only twenty-year-olds can be) about the type of men we would never date. Embarrassing to admit it now, but topping both of our lists were Italians.
A few months later, my new friend started dating an Italian, who would go on to become her husband. A short time later, I followed in her footsteps, dating an Italian whom I later married. I’ve now lived in Italy for almost a quarter of a century, love Italy and feel fully at home here - and the bel paese tends to work its way into most of my stories.
My sons–obviously Italian themselves–always get a kick out of the story and about my absolute certainty that I would “never” date an Italian. So I tell them the moral of the story is, obviously, “Never say never.”


Anything specific you want to tell your readers about your novel?
Although parts of my novel take place in the Italian seaside town of Sperlonga and in hilltowns in Umbria, the bulk of the story is set in Rome, where all three characters live. In my story, there is a plaque that plays a small, supporting role–and inadvertently influences all three women.
When I started writing this novel, my family and I were living close to the Circo Massimo, where this plaque was located, and I passed it each day. My children and I wondered at its cryptic message “I was lost” and a twenty-first century date in Roman numerals. Like my sons and me, Annarita, one of my characters, discovers this plaque and wonders what it is and why it was placed there.
This plaque was too mysterious not to weave into my novel, where it serves as a reminder to all my characters as their lives are unfolding in ways they hadn’t envisioned.
Sadly, the plaque, which was obviously placed in that spot unofficially, has since been removed. I only have a photo of it. But I’m pleased I was able to memorialize it as a part of my story. And I loved that it played a small role in encouraging my characters to pursue their dreams.

Who designed your book cover?
Oooh, I love my cover design! I worked with amazingly talented artists and graphic artists Joanne Morgante and Roberto Magini of Maxtudio. I love how they fully captured the mood I wanted to convey with this story of three new friends in Rome. And, of course, it had to also succeed as a throwback to the 1954 film, with the Trevi Fountain front and center.
One of the great things about being an indie author is maintaining full control over the cover choice. While I am an embarrassingly bad artist myself (I never realized what a handicap that was until I had kids begging me to “Draw this! Draw that!” while I shifted into panic mode), I love art and graphic arts, so working with my designers was a dream. I love their bold colors, clean designs and their eye for great fonts.
We’re already at work on my second novel, and I’m so excited to collaborate with my favorite designers once again.
And yes, I fall firmly into the You-can-judge-a-book-by-its-cover camp. I tend to fall in love with covers for books I read.


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66 Comments
Kari B
12/6/2021 11:49:58 am

Sounds like a relatable cast of characters to read about, in a beautiful setting.

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Kimberly Sullivan link
12/6/2021 01:49:52 pm

Thanks, Kari! I certainly had fun writing it. I'm terribly biased when it comes to Italy, but I agree the country offers some spectaular settings. : )

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Bea LaRocca
12/6/2021 12:24:53 pm

Thank you for sharing your guest post and book details, I have enjoyed reading about you and your work and I am looking forward to reading your story, it sounds like a wonderful book

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Kimberly Sullivan link
12/6/2021 01:52:33 pm

Grazie Bea! I really appreciate it. I had a lot of fun writing about my three protagonists in my "modern retelling" of the Three Coins in the Fountain film. I hope you will enjoy it!

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Marcy Meyer
12/6/2021 01:04:28 pm

The cover looks cute. Great colors. Sounds like a good book.

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Kimberly Sullivan link
12/6/2021 01:54:32 pm

Thank you, Marcy! I was so happy when the designers showed me this cover, too! I was drawn to the colors and the fun design. So glad you like it, too. Thanks!

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Sherry
12/6/2021 01:23:00 pm

I love the cover and think the book sounds good.

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Kimberly Sullivan link
12/6/2021 01:58:03 pm

Thanks so much, Sherry. Being so artistically-challenged myself, it was great to work with talented designers for my cover. So glad you like it, too. And, of course, Rome as a backdrop makes it easy to create stunning images. : )

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wendy hutton
12/6/2021 01:29:46 pm

great cover, congrats on the release

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Kimberly Sullivan link
12/6/2021 01:59:23 pm

Thank you, Wendy! So glad you like my cover, and thank you for the well wishes. This is my debut novel, so I've been pretty excited!

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sarah s
12/6/2021 01:44:16 pm

How did you come up with this idea to write a book about?

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Kimberly Sullivan link
12/6/2021 02:06:30 pm

Hi Sarah. Thanks for your question. I've lived in Rome for many years, and I wanted to write a book set here. I had the old 1950s film "Three Coins in The Fountain" as my starting point, but set my story in modern Rome, told through the alternating perspectives of three expatriate women facing very different struggles. The characters came to me quite quickly, and I had fun weaving together their stories and creating their unlikely friendship. Rome plays an important role, too, since it serves as a backdrop for much of the story, with excursions to a seaside town and the hilltowns of Umbria. Thank you again for asking!.

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Eva Millien
12/6/2021 04:45:42 pm

Nice to meet you, Kimberly! Congratulations on your recent release of Three Coins, which sounds like a great read for me and I like the cover! Good luck with your book and the tour! Thanks for sharing it with me and have a magical holiday season!

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Kimberly Sullivan link
12/7/2021 12:39:13 am

Thanks, Wendy! And Happy Holidays to you, too. Can't believe they're sneaking up on us so quickly....

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Beyond Comps
12/6/2021 04:51:31 pm

Great cover!

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Kimberly Sullivan link
12/7/2021 05:22:11 am

Thank you!

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Rita Wray
12/6/2021 05:40:53 pm

Sounds like a book I will enjoy reading.

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Kimberly Sullivan link
12/7/2021 05:23:24 am

Thanks, Rita! I've also included as much good food and wine as I could. : )

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bn100
12/6/2021 07:21:48 pm

nice interview

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Kimberly Sullivan link
12/7/2021 05:24:09 am

Thank you! They were fun questions.

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Jon Heil
12/6/2021 07:38:20 pm

Toss it in and make the wish!

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Kimberly Sullivan link
12/7/2021 05:25:19 am

True, Jon. But don't forget that with the coin toss you get the wish AND the return trip to Rome. : )

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Barbara Montag
12/6/2021 08:17:53 pm

I like everything about this series - genre, titles and covers!
Thank you for sharing this with us,.

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Kimberly Sullivan link
12/7/2021 05:26:07 am

Thank you, Barbara. Really appreciate it!

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Julie Lundstrom
12/6/2021 11:14:37 pm

This sounds like a good book to read.

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Kimberly Sullivan link
12/7/2021 05:26:45 am

Thank you, Julie!

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Michele Soyer
12/7/2021 06:21:34 am

Love the cover and the title...

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Kimberly link
12/8/2021 01:40:11 am

Thanks, Michele!

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Ann Fantom
12/7/2021 01:36:31 pm

This sounds like an interesting book and I also like the cover.

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Kimberly link
12/8/2021 01:41:59 am

Thanks so much, Ann. I had a lot of fun writing this one.

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beth shepherd
12/7/2021 01:42:14 pm

This looks like a great read

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Kimberly link
12/8/2021 01:42:36 am

Thanks so much, Beth!

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Peggy Salkill
12/7/2021 02:56:05 pm

Sounds like a great read!

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Kimb erly link
12/8/2021 01:43:17 am

Thank you, Peggy!

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Abigail Gibson
12/7/2021 04:11:59 pm

Saounds like a great book!!

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Kimberly link
12/8/2021 01:45:07 am

Really appreciate it, Abigail!

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Debbi Wellenstein
12/7/2021 05:19:58 pm

I enjoyed the excerpt. Thanks for the giveaway!

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Kimberly link
12/8/2021 01:44:24 am

Thank you, Debbi! And good luck with the giveaway.

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David Hollingsworth
12/7/2021 06:46:42 pm

Sounds like a highly intriguing read!

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Wendy Jensen
12/7/2021 08:07:54 pm

The book details sound like a great story line.

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David Basile
12/7/2021 08:26:35 pm

This looks like a good read

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Danielle Day
12/7/2021 08:31:40 pm

I like it!

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angela heerde
12/7/2021 09:47:27 pm

I like book details

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Karin
12/7/2021 11:01:00 pm

Great excerpt!

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Terri Quick
12/8/2021 05:01:09 pm

Cool cover

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Serge B
12/9/2021 03:18:05 am

I enjoyed the excerpt

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Debbie P
12/9/2021 10:44:17 am

This sounds like a really good read!

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Cynthia C
12/9/2021 02:15:44 pm

This sounds like a story I would enjoy reading. My girlfriends and I always talk about taking a trip to Italy.

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Susan Smith
12/9/2021 08:32:57 pm

I like the cover and excerpt. Thanks for sharing!

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Olivia Parker
12/11/2021 08:56:07 am

How do you chose the covers? I like the story line.

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Ken Ohl
12/16/2021 11:10:20 am

this book looks intriguing

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Connie Hill
12/26/2021 02:49:34 pm

Love the cover!

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Lydia Goodman
12/27/2021 08:12:09 pm

Sounds different than what I would normally read, but sounds interesting

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Nadine s
12/28/2021 08:05:59 am

I’ve visited Rome very briefly twice on bus tours but the daily life one could have intrigues me. Your book should let me know what the non-tourist side of Rome is like.

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Nicole Krutz
12/29/2021 04:16:38 pm

This sounds like a good read with some interesting and real characters!

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Stephanie Liske
1/4/2022 12:26:19 am

I like the book details.

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Sarah L
1/4/2022 12:49:04 am

Looks like an interesting book.
Thanks for the contest. 

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Carol G
1/4/2022 11:26:11 am

I was glad to see that my memory was not failing when I saw the connection to the movie Three Coins in the Fountain, both in the title and in some of the concepts of the story.

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jose rosado
1/5/2022 09:40:42 am

What do you think of the book details? Do you have any questions for the author?


Who could play Emma in a movie??

THX

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Daniel M
1/5/2022 02:22:30 pm

like the cover

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Christy R.
1/6/2022 02:47:53 pm

A coin toss for good luck to everyone for 2022. Sounds like a great read.

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Jen Reed
1/6/2022 05:39:18 pm

The book looks fun to read.

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Jennifer Alaggio
1/6/2022 08:14:05 pm

I would like to see how this story unfolds. I am already hooked after reading the passage.

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Renata
1/6/2022 08:47:54 pm

Sounds good!

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Sand
1/6/2022 09:14:15 pm

Sounds like a good book!

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Rajee Pandi
1/6/2022 10:17:07 pm

love the wonderful book

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