VENICE BACKSTREETS is Released

MAUI, Hawaii - The "Venice Backstreets" (published by AuthorHouse) become the setting for a game of love and the search for the heart's true desire in Blue Lynn Blake's new novel, based on her life experiences and portraying an American woman's solo travels, romantic adventures and erotic experiences in the Italian city renowned as a world capital of love, beauty and romance. Readers will be treated to exotic locales, intimate moments with passionate lovers, self-discoveries and more in this wild ride replete with unexpected twists and turns.

The author is also the main character and narrator, she describes her life as a woman looking for a new start. She sells her business, gives away all her possessions and moves to Venice, leaving her comfortable life in order to find herself halfway around the world. She stays at an apartment in a palazzo on a canal and there she begins living her dream, or so she thinks. Unexpectedly, her life soon becomes as complicated and twisted as the backstreets of her beloved city. She discovers Venice's hidden treasures and plays the game of love, enjoying erotic adventures with a wide range of men in hopes of finding happiness. Over the course of the year, she learns about herself and what she truly wants from life, but readers will see if she has the courage to reach out and take it.

"Sexual freedom is always a current subject whether you're gay and able to marry the person you love or you're a young girl standing up to the Taliban. In America we have a creed - life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - Blue is a woman who lives by this creed," Blake explains, conveying said themes in her story, which she likens to a synthesis of the elements of sexual exploration in "50 Shades of Gray," the self-discovery and travel adventures of "Eat, Pray, Love" and the episodic structure of "Sex in the City."

"Venice Backstreets"
By Blue Lynn Blake
Softcover | 6 x 9in | 180 pages | ISBN 9781504951777
E-Book | 180 pages | ISBN 9781504951784
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the Author
Blue Lynn Blake has lived all over the world, including four years in Venice and Assisi, Italy, and two years in Monte Carlo on the French Riviera. She has also lived in England, South Korea, California, Minnesota and Florida. She currently lives on the island of Maui in Hawaii.

AuthorHouse, an Author Solutions, Inc. self-publishing imprint, is a leading provider of book publishing, marketing, and bookselling services for authors around the globe and offers the industry's only suite of Hollywood book-to-film services. Committed to providing the highest level of customer service, AuthorHouse assigns each author personal publishing and marketing consultants who provide guidance throughout the process. Headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, AuthorHouse celebrated 15 years of service to authors in Sept. 2011.For more information or to publish a book visit authorhouse.com or call 1-888-519-5121. For the latest, follow @authorhouse on Twitter.

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