Meet Me in Italy

Meet Me in Italy

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by Brenda Novak

standalone novel

published April 2026

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The latest standalone from Brenda Novak follows a novelist still picking up the pieces after a high-profile divorce, while at the same time trying to deliver a second book, when her life keeps unraveling around her. When she discovers she has a half-sister she never knew about, a young girl who is now orphaned and living in Italy, she drops everything and heads to the Amalfi Coast to meet her. What will their encounter bring?

A sun-soaked trip to the Amalfi Coast promises a fresh start—and reveals secrets never imagined in New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak’s tender new novel.

In the wake of her debut novel’s breakout success—and a very painful public divorce—Charlotte Williams-Jackson has something to prove. With her second novel overdue, she’s scrambling to hold it together. But her focus is rocked when she discovers that her childhood wasn’t as it seemed—and she has a tween half-sister who’s been orphaned in Italy.

Alongside her best friend, Sloane, and Sloane’s charming brother, Julian, Charlotte ventures to the Amalfi Coast to meet her sister. She would never turn her back on family, especially since this girl doesn’t have anyone else, but between her looming deadline and her entire identity being flipped upside down, it’s a lot. Determined to rebuild her life, Charlotte must confront the relationships she’s held dear—and the loss of those she thought she had but didn’t—forcing her to question everything she understood about herself and the bonds that shape a family.