"A searching collection of tales about women's quests for self-realization."
-Kirkus Reviews
Italian Tales of love, betrayal,
longing, desire - and hope
About the Book
Italy serves as the backdrop for stories of Italian women and expatriate women living in Italy.
The twenty-one stories in this collection follow women's lives as they confront betrayal and love, alienation and community, despair and-ultimately-hope.
About the Author
I write the women’s fiction stories I love to read, both contemporary and historic tales of women and the rich lives they lead along their journeys of self-discovery. A lifetime admirer and longtime resident of Italy, I’m often guilty of sneaking the bel paese into my stories.
Coming December 2023
Two women. Two different centuries. One attic room
Isabelle has been shipped off from America to Rome to live with her aunt, Princess Brancaccio, and be married off to a European nobleman. But Rome in 1896 is on the cusp of a new century and Isabelle longs for more than a titled husband. Over a century later, Sophie can't believe her good fortune interning in a Roman museum, complete with an attic apartment in the spectacular Palazzo Brancaccio. The idyll is shattered by a disturbing nighttime presence in the deserted hallways of the grand palace - one no one else can sense.
One Eternal City. Three women. Three wishes.
Three coins.
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