A light fun beach read kind of book.

Lost in Italy by Stacey Joy Netzel

Although totally unbelievable, it's a light humorous story taking place in Italy. A woman, who is on vacation with her sister and brother, is "kidnapped" (saved) by a movie star who is trying to expose the truth of his brother's death. Well, actually her siblings "forgot" her after they stopped to take pictures. Apparently, Halli recorded more than just ducks in a pond! A fun read! ( )

Halli Sanders goes on a once in a life time trip to Italy with her brother and sister. She is a bit anal and wants to follow her itinerary but her siblings say no that she needs to lighten up. They stop so she can film the geese on Lake Como. She accidentally films a murder and then gets accidentally left by her brother and sister.

Trent Tomlin is a famous movie star who is in Italy trying to get the people that murdered his brother. The guy that Halli filmed getting murdered was his friend that had gone in undercover. He see the whole thing go down along with Halli filming it and knows now her like is in danger along with finally having proof on the bad guys. He trys to convince Halli she is in danger and needs to come with him but she isn’t haven’t anything to do with him - even though she recognizes who he is. This in turns leads to him kidnap her for her own safety and them dodging bullets, and fleeing from the criminals in a car chase around Lake Como.

Things just keep getting worse. The bad guys kidnap Halli's siblings in hope to use them to smoke Halli out of hiding. In the messages that Halli leaves for them they figure out where she is hiding out and this leads to Halli and Trent having to go on the run again - this time by boat..

The action is nonstop. And both Trent and Halli are attracted to each other but she thinks he is an egotistical jerk who thinks all he has to do is flash that smile and women will just fall at his feet. But Trent is alot more than just a pretty boy actor. Will Halli finally see what is really inside the man?
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Halli has finally made it to Italy, after a long-planned vacation. She is obsessive about planning all details, much to the dismay of her brother and sister. Her planning, though, is a coping mechanism to hide the vulnerability left over from her childhood. Things quickly go awry, and Halli is left altering plan after plan when the truly villainous baddies realize she's seen something she shouldn't.
Trent wears the guise of the all-American playboy actor, but the parts he plays on screen and in real life, hide his own vulnerability. He's trying to make sense of his brother's suicide (or was it murder?) when he is thrown together with Halli.
With bullets flying and tempers flaring, can Halli and Trent find the truth? Can they both survive this Italian vacation?
Both Halli and Trent were well-developed characters. They stayed in character, and were amazingly real. I just adore books where you can relate to the characters, even when you have little in common with them. You could see how their pasts colored their actions, how their coping strategies kept everyone at arms' length, kept their worlds safe and orderly.
I liked this book more than I thought I would. It really did read like an action movie, with the story hopping right along. There was enough excitement and danger to keep me flipping pages long past my bedtime, and the romantic development seemed natural rather than cheesy. ( )