The Sun With a Face — Meriol Trevor

Olivia Thorne was pretty, penniless and unmarried--and likely to stay that way. Because the only man who had ever made her heart beat faster was also penniless; a charming rogue of an Englishman named Lucian who played the piano in public and was a rebel in private.

Against the colorful backdrop of nineteenth-century Italy, honeycombed with revolutionaries and patriots, this enchanting novel unfolds the tale of lovers and villains--and of a woman who knew what she wanted....