Ellie Murphy takes a contract teaching English at a school in Venice. There she meets the enigmatic Professor Piero Contarini, from an ancient Venetian family, and agrees to help him in his work curating a new edition of the memoirs of the famous seducer, Giacomo Casanova. Taking their task seriously, they start to enact his adventures with each other, ecstatically revealing their own kinks as they do so. But who is watching them from the shadowy alleyways of the city? Warning: not for the easily offended.

Advance reviews: 

‘Kate Zarrelli’s The Casanova Papers is a scorching page-turner spiced with heat, heart and emotion that will whisk you to Venice and to a world of danger and desire.’

‘The vivid writing brings the Venetian setting and historical love scenes to life.’

‘If you like a bit of Italy, history, erotica and literature then this is for you!’