Julietta Fellini and the Men who Loved Her (ePub)

Julietta Fellini wasn't looking for love when she sold her home in San Luis Obispo and embarked on a journey of rediscovery. A recent widow after fifty years in a difficult marriage, she begins her odyssey across the country in a motor home that will take her from the central-coast of California to places across the United States she has never seen before. With her is Gretta, a 14-year old, long-haired Miniature Dachshund. Paris, France is Julietta's final destination. She plans to visit her son, Darrell, and his family. He is now a Lt. Colonel in the Army, stationed in Europe, and married with a one-year old daughter. Julietta hasn't seen him since he enlisted, fifteen years ago.

Her journey takes her through the western states, beginning with Malibu, California, then to Las Vegas, NV, Moab, UT, Taos and Roswell, NM, and New York City. At each stop, she meets a man and all end up expressing their love for her. She later discovers that two of the men lied to her about their backgrounds and former relationships. She blames herself for her naiveté about men, as she hadn't kissed another man in fifty years or had sex for fifteen, punished by her late husband for defying him and giving birth to their son when she was forty years old.

Tragedy befalls her in Roswell, when Gretta dies of a stroke. While waiting to pick up Gretta's cremains, Julietta visits the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art where she meets artist-in-residence Joaquin "Jack" Solis. Instant attraction and they soon become lovers. Julietta reluctantly leaves him to continue her trip, promising to return.

In Paris, Julietta and her son, Darrell, are reunited. A week later, Ray Auberge, a wealthy businessman and her seatmate on the flight to Paris, takes her sightseeing. When her visit with family is over, she and Ray return on the same flight to New York and he invites her to stay at his coop apartment before she leaves for Albuquerque.

Jack's best friend picks her up at the airport. Jack has been severely injured in a crash outside of Santa Fe. Julietta remains by his side until he is well enough to return home, and takes care of him as he recuperates. But she worries—will their relationship survive Jack's growing stature as a painter of modernistic art? What about the twenty-year difference in their ages?

Obstacles are tossed in their way. Can they overcome them?

A story of self-discovery, love denied and unexpectedly found, deceit, passion, destiny and devotion... a little magic, and several startling revelations.