Then the Earth Moved by Mary Georgina De Grey

Then the Earth Moved

by Mary Georgina De Grey

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The subject of today’s Spotlight is Then the Earth Moved, a novel set in the Abruzzo region of Italy. I’m a mountain person, so this was particularly pleasant to write. 

Book Blurb:

Talented designer Isla Bruni is keen to widen her experience before setting up her own interiors business, so she accepts an exchange with a top studio located in an Italian hilltop town. She doesn’t trust Italian men – after all, hasn’t she had a good reason? But irresistible, sexy entrepreneur Edmondo Benedetti turns her carefully ordered life upside down. How can she realize her ambitions without sacrificing love? Only when she’s thrust into danger does she begin to understand what is important. 

The past is the past. Yet if secrets buried there resurface, could they destroy her future? 

 Excerpt: 

Isla bristled. 

“No, I didn’t! Why would I do that? What are you implying?” 

“Anti-plastic garbage. You might be from one of these groups. Lot of skewed thinking from people like that.” 

She broke into a peal of laughter but looked angry, a dangerous spark in her eyes. 

“What? That’s ridiculous! So, you reckon you didn’t manage to convince me with your well-referenced arguments,” she said, layering on the sarcasm. “And now, I’m a convenient scapegoat. Maybe you shouldn’t have left me in here on my own! Maybe you’re the one who’s responsible.” 

Pietro flushed bright red, and his eyes bulged as if he were one of his own safety valves, about to blow. 

“Hold on, hold on, Pietro. It’s upsetting, but you can’t blame the signorina,” said Edmondo. It was reassuring that in spite of her injury, Isla was clearly not about to collapse and, in fact, was giving every bit as good as she got. 

“For a start, I suggested the tour. And she didn’t hit herself on the head.”  

“Yeah – and how well do you know this woman? What if she’s working with someone?”  

“That’s enough! I suggest you apologize now. You have nothing to base this argument on, and you insult Signorina Bruni. And me.” He stared hard at the older man. “And that is not a good thing, my friend.” 

Isla raised her head at the tone of his voice, glimpsing the tough, successful businessman behind the suave exterior. 

 Then the Earth Moved published by The Wild Rose Press. 

Author Bio:

After a children’s adventure story in my early 20s, which sank immediately, I wrote no fiction until about ten years ago. I was creating languages courses for schools and one editor asked me to produce a pack of French short stories and poems – and I was off on my writer’s journey: I enjoyed this dip into fiction so much, I had to write a novel. But life was busy, and it wasn’t until lockdown that I began to write seriously. As a linguist, I find it logical to use the setting of countries I’ve lived and worked in, and this forces me to try to understand the culture and how it affects anyone with a different background. Stuck at home, I wanted to travel, and Italy glowed in my mind as a desirable place to visit, and so my first published novel began. Then The Earth Moved was published in March 2023. The main character in my novels is always a strong young woman determined to make her way in the world and each novel has a love story at its centre. I live on the beautiful English Riviera in the UK with my artist husband where I indulge in my passions of writing, reading and creating things, especially in fabric. Website: https://marygeorginadegreyauthor.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086424198194 Email: marygeorginadg@gmail.com for newsletter and other enquiries. I have since written three further novels, two of which are romances: Then the Earth Moved https://amzn.eu/d/fNtaXHK (Italy) Let Love Find a Way https://amzn.eu/d/gHMpQkC (Wales and Colombia) Then Time Stands Still https://amzn.eu/d/1pGgH5Q (Spain) The Disappeared is romantic suspense and not yet published. (Colombia)