If you are looking for a tales of escape, romance, and mystery...try The Gypsy Madonna by Santa Montefiore. If you are looking for a book that spans locales that stretch from Manhattan to the hills of Bordeaux and spans decades telling a story in flashbacks to 1940's France following the German Occupation...try The Gypsy Madonna. Author Santa Montefiore will be speaking at the New Canaan Library on Monday, April 16th at 7:30 pm. Copies of her book will be available for purchase and she will be signing during the reception following her talk. She has been compared to Rosamund Pilcher and Maeve Binchy. Her books are just being released in the U.S. after enjoying great popularity in the UK. Other titles by Santa Montefiore are, The Butterfly Box, The Forget-Me-Not Sonata, Meet Me Under the Ombu Tree, The Swallow and the Hummingbird and Last Voyage of the Valentina.