I actually really enjoyed this book! It's the sort of "finding yourself' story combined with a true, heartwarming romance.

Finding Edward is a quick, enjoyable read! Eddie works in construction and rents a room from his boss and friend. He’s getting on with his life when his grandmother’s will stipulates that he must go to Italy in order to get his portion of the estate. He’s told that his mother will provide the details. He then finds out that the hateful man he thought was his father is not, and his real father does not know about him nor does anyone know for sure where he lives or if he is alive.

The reader follows Eddie to Italy, witnessing the loss of his wallet and learning to manage without knowing the language. He meets helpful people, especially after becoming a hero for saving someone’s life with CPR. Restaurant owners, detectives, a love interest and a rival play parts. Eddie becomes Edward, a name that suits his new persona. He reaches some dead ends in the search but ultimately he and the reader are satisfied with the eventual outcome.

An upbeat and worthy afternoon or evening read!

Thanks to NetGalley for providing an advance copy of the book for my enjoyment.

When Edward's beloved grandmother dies, she doesn't just leave behind money. His inheritance includes a father in Italy he never knew he had.

Now he's forced to navigate a country he doesn't know, using a language he doesn't speak, in search of a man who has no clue Edward even exists.

He's expecting disappointment, he's expecting anger, he's expecting pain. But what Edward isn't expecting is to stumble across the one woman to ever steal his heart ... the one woman he can never have.

Edward's past and future collide, leaving him more lost -- and more alive than he's ever felt before.


Review:
Another wonderful installment in the series!

Great little short novel about a sweet romance! Edward's grandmother leaves him an inheritance with stipulations that he travels to Italy and enroll in art school. While there he finds family and falls in love.

Finding Edward is a novella in the Save Me series by American author, Suzanne McKenna Link. Having lived with his brother for many years, at twenty-six, Edward Rudack is going to become his boss, Toby Faye’s tenant. His recently deceased grandmother, Anita Davies was the only family member who truly understood his love of art, and the conditions of her will hope to foster this.

Anita has left a cash bequest, which Eddie fully intends to invest in Toby’s home renovation business, but there is a condition to be met. Eddie learns he must go to Positano, Italy, to search for his father. His mother’s bequest condition had dropped a bombshell on Eddie: she revealed he was not the son of Tom Rudack; Eddie has an Italian father, Giovanni Lo Duca.

Eddie’s Italian fortnight doesn’t begin well: a pickpocket, a mishap with his accommodation and an insult from a beautiful Italian woman make his want to turn around and go home. But then he saves a life, becomes a hero, meets an iconic artist, and falls in love.

If the plot of McKenna Link’s little tale seems a little predictable, this does nothing to diminish the enjoyment of the read. Her characters are appealing, and she easily evokes the setting with her descriptive prose. She renders the myriad of emotions beautifully, and manages to include the odd twist and surprise. A heart-warming read.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and the author.

Anyone familiar with the Save Me series will remember the brooding, troubled teen that was Eddie. This book delves deeper into the history that made him who he is. It can be read as a standalone but personally I'd recommend reading Toby and Claudia's books too so you can see where Eddie starts out and how he grows.

When his Grandmother passes away she leaves a couple of conditions in her will for her family to fulfill before they can receive their inheritance. Edward's condition is to go to Italy and discover the truth about his father. This leads him on a heartbreaking, soul searching, eye-opening journey that ends up in the arms of love and family. I loved every moment of the book and savored every page even though I breezed through it.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and #NetGalley and I am voluntarily leaving a review.

This short novel is a lovely sweet romance featuring a young man whose grandmother leaves him an inheritance provided he travels to Italy and then enrols in an art school. Edwards grandmother was very wise in making that stipulation because she could see that Edward was drifting, working in a construction job that he didn't really enjoy. She also knew he loved art but gave it up when his estranged father told him he wasn't any good at it. In Italy Edward not only renews his love of art, he finds family and falls in love.

While the plot was somewhat predictable and the characters could have been deeper, I did like Edward very much and found the story engaging with it's Italian background and it made for a light pleasant read.

This is a easy read. But a great story nonetheless . It’s about navigating through unfamiliar territory in search of a father. It was a great read!

This was such a wonderful story! It is the third book in the Save Me Series, but luckily it can be read as a stand-alone.

Edward was a fantastic character and you could tell that he truly cared about his friends and family, even if they had a few ups and downs. When his grandmother passed away, she revealed that his mother had a secret...a father he never new he had. In order to receive his inheritance from his grandmother, which she hoped he would use for art school, he had to travel to Italy to search for his father. It quickly became a search for a needle in a hay stack, but while exploring the beautiful countryside, he found so much more than he had intended to.

I am so glad I read this book because it was so heartfelt and emotional, I couldn’t help but cry. The author portrayed the people and the land so beautifully, I couldn’t help but feel like I was there with them. Now I want to read her previous two books in the series.

Highly recommend!

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this was a very short read for me. prob because it was very predictable and easy to read. it is about Eddie who goes to a foreign county to look for his father because his Grandmother has encouraged him to get on a plan, travel, and find his father.

If it wasn't a request from his beloved Grandmother, Eddie might not have
been able to get on the airplane, travel to a foreign country, and hunt
down a complete stranger. If it wasn't a request from his Grandmother,
Eddie might have run home after his first horrible night in Italy. If it
wasn't a request from his Grandmother, Eddie would never have learned the
truth of who he is – the son of an Italian man, Giovanni Lo Duco. This was
the secret his mother had kept from him for 26 years, the secret that his
Grandmother's final letter, forced into the light. So Eddie got on the
plane and went to Italy to find a man who doesn't know he exists.

My opinions:

In the first 50 pages of this book I both laughed and cried. Edward has an
artist's heart – he is gentle and sensitive and wants much more than his
life is currently giving him. While the story was somewhat predictable and
the 'plot twist' wasn't a surprise, there was such beauty in the telling
that the lack didn't matter. I adored this story and can easily imagine
Edward living out his days a happy man.