Publisher's Synopsis
"Ta podia?" The feet?
"Ne!" Yes! I opened one eye but didn't raise my head from the pillow. The Aegean danced in the distance of a stunningly sunny morning. I was back in Greece, back on the island of Amiros, and back in my borrowed upstairs apartment where two small boys were gleefully contemplating the best way to rouse me. Eleni's sons had sneaked up to my room, or, if it were late enough, they'd been sent. I could envision them without turning around: Alex, the six-year-old, with tousled light brown hair and long limbs in constant growth, wearing the red Arizona Wildcat T-shirt I'd sent for Christmas; Christos: the four-year-old, same tousled hair, bigger brown eyes, thin bird legs, wearing the same shirt in a smaller size. They had the same kind of olive skin I did, and by now we would all be sporting summer tans. They were preparing to attack. What good was an American "auntie" if you couldn't terrorize her? I was trying to decide whether to play possum or to spring from the bed like a monster. I wasn't sure what they remembered from the previous summer, but evidently our tickle fights had stuck in their minds. To tease them I sighed ever so slightly. At least that way they knew I was alive. She goes to Greece for a vacay but winds up with the internship of a lifetime! Although she appreciates the plentiful beaches and pristine ocean, Rachel Campanello doesn't travel to the Dodecanese islands for the beautiful scenery. She wants to meet with her Greek friends and enjoy a well-earned vacation from her mariachi job back in Tucson. She relishes the Mediterranean lifestyle: swimming laps in the morning, sipping frappés in the afternoon, and listening to bouzouki music at the local taverna at night. She's enthralled with the charismatic lead singer who writes and sings his own tunes. But one night when two band members fail to show up, the leader wants to cancel the night's entertainment. The proprietor nearly has a heart attack. No music, no customers! Rachel would love to help out, but if she sits in with the band, will she save the evening or make a fool out of herself? Read the first book in the Campanello Travels series to join Rachel on a Greek holiday where the nights are long enough for moonlight dips and the days are filled with language, and longing, and song. Opa! D.R. Ransdell's love affair with Greece lasted over a decade until she took a job on the island of Rhodes. She enjoyed teaching the kids, but winter rains often caught her while she was riding her bicycle, learning Greek was darned hard, and her boss was a thief!
