Jennifer Probst
Author Interview - Jennifer Probst
Author of OUR ITALIAN SUMMER and A Wedding In Lake Como
About A Wedding In Lake Como:
A destination wedding in Italy’s Lake Como brings three best friends back together to face the secrets of the past in this romantic novel from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst.
Best friends Ava, Madison, and Chelsea made a pact to reunite for each other’s weddings when their careers sent them in different directions. But after one of them makes a choice that tears the group apart, an upcoming wedding might be their last chance to heal old wounds.
Ava is about to marry the man she loves in a lavish ceremony on the shores of Lake Como, but she’s haunted by the mistakes she’s made.
Madison’s made a name for herself as an influencer in the fashion world but is threatened by a scandal impacting everything she holds dear.
And Chelsea has the perfect family she always craved, but her professional dreams have fallen by the wayside.
As they return to Italy’s gorgeous coast, the three women revisit their life-changing first trip to Lake Como during college, and Madison comes face-to-face with the college sweetheart who was at the heart of one of the most pivotal times of her life.
About Our Italian Summer:
Workaholic, career-obsessed Francesca is fiercely independent and successful in all areas of her life except one: family. She struggles to make time for her relationship with her teenage daughter, Allegra, and the two have become practically strangers to each other. When Allegra hangs out with a new crowd and is arrested for drug possession, Francesca gives in to her mother's wish that they take one epic summer vacation to trace their family roots in Italy. She just never expected to face a choice that might change the course of her life. . .
Allegra wants to make her grandmother happy, but she hates the idea of forced time with her mother and vows to fight every step of the ridiculous tour, until a young man on the verge of priesthood begins to show her the power of acceptance, healing, and the heartbreaking complications of love.
Sophia knows her girls are in trouble. A summer filled with the possibility for change is what they all desperately need. Among the ruins of ancient Rome, the small churches of Assisi, and the rolling hills of Tuscany, Sophia hopes to show her girls that the bonds of family are everything, and to remind them that they can always lean on one another, before it's too late.
Author I draw inspiration from:
Favorite place to read a book:
On the beach
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with:
Wrath from Dark Lover by JR Ward. (but he’d scare me just a little!)
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author:
7 years old – when I realized writing was an actual career I could pursue
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook:
ebook
The last book I read:
The Swallows by Lisa Lutz
Pen & paper or computer:
computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with:
Alexa from The Marriage Bargain
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a:
animal rescue worker
Favorite decade in fashion history:
80’s. It was over the top fun.
Place I’d most like to travel:
Greece or Sicily
My signature drink:
extra dirty martini with Tito’s vodka. Shaken, not stirred.
Favorite artist:
Rob Thomas/Matchbox 20
Number one on my bucket list:
a cross country epic trip with my whole family
Anything else you'd like to add:
Thank you SO much for hosting me today – I loved this interview!
About Jennifer Probst:
Jennifer Probst is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over fifty books in contemporary romance fiction. Her work has been translated in over a dozen countries, sold over 2 million copies, and was dubbed a "romance phenom" by Kirkus Reviews. Her passions include reading, horse racing, Scrabble, Italian wine and food, shameful reality television, and rescue dogs. Like some of her characters, Probst, along with her husband and two sons, calls New York’s Hudson Valley home.