"Desperate Pursuit in Venice", a new contemporary romance suspense novel follows Kataryna Taylor, a New York Private Equity partner, to Italy where she falls in love and encounters romance, glamour and obsession as well as a stunning family secret while pursuing the acquisition of an Italian biomedical company. But what does an erotic thriller have to do with business? It's author Karynne Summars comes from the corporate world, and has successfully reinvented herself as an author.