Laura's 30th birthday is looming. Dissatisfied with her life and marriage she impulsively applies for a job in Rome. When the offer arrives she can't wait to leave gray Seattle and make her dreams of adventure and a rejuvenated marriage come true. But she and Jake soon learn la dolce vita is far more complicated than expected as they are catapulted into a world full of intrigue, deceit, and infidelity lurking behind the seductive food and wine, sunny piazzas, and crumbling ruins. Instead of using his time to begin painting again as he promised, Jake becomes involved in Rome's underground corruption. Now Laura must make a choice as her life spins out of control. Should she preserve her marriage at all costs or search elsewhere for the key to the happiness she desires? In this woman's fiction set in the romantic city of Rome, author Judith Works shows there is more to the City of Illusions than meets the eye.