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The Secret of Alicanto: A Surprisingly Satisfying Love Story Between Two Very Ordinary People
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781808400773
Publisher: Inder Verma
Published: Jul 24 2026
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.85 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Secret of Alicanto is a moving literary novel about love, motherhood, family secrets, and the courage to begin again after heartbreak.
Maria, a Brazilian-born nurse living in West Palm Beach, Florida, is left to raise her twins, Peter and Lara, after her husband abandons her. Overwhelmed by responsibility yet determined to create a peaceful life for her children, Maria carries both the strength of a mother and the quiet pain of a woman who has learned to survive disappointment.
When an unexpected trip to Portugal brings Maria into the path of Jerry Feinberg, a thoughtful Harvard biology professor, her guarded heart begins to open again. Their connection grows through kindness, conversation, and shared loneliness. But Maria's past is not as distant as it seems.
Around her neck, Maria wears an Alicanto necklace - a beautiful reminder of memory, passion, and a secret she has never fully revealed. As the story moves from Florida to Portugal, Brazil, and the Atacama Desert of Chile, the truth behind the necklace becomes more powerful, connecting love, identity, family, and fate in ways no one expects.
Rich with emotional depth, cultural detail, romance, and human complexity, The Secret of Alicanto is more than a love story. It is a story about the choices we make, the secrets we carry, and the courage it takes to face the truth.
This novel is ideal for readers who enjoy emotional family dramas, women's fiction, literary romance, multicultural stories, and novels about second chances.
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