Antoinette Lavecchia
Author
Series
Harlequin romance ; 4388
Language
English
Description
"With a dark family history, single dad Leon Malatesta is determined to keep his baby daughter out of the headlines. And so, when a striking woman starts asking questions around the town of Rimini, Leon's protective instinct kicks in. Only Belle Peterson turns out to be the long-lost daughter of his stepmother! Her innocence touches Leon's locked-away heart in a way he never believed possible after losing his wife. Now Belle brings the possibility...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Hannah Levi is renowned throughout Venice for her gift at coaxing reluctant babies from their mothers--a gift aided by the secret "birthing spoons" she designed. But when a count implores her to attend to his wife, who has been laboring for days to give birth to their firstborn son, Hannah is torn. A Papal edict forbids Jews from rendering medical tratment to Christians, but the payment he offers is enough to ransom her beloved husband, Isaac, who...
4) Gondola
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Accompanied by a CD of Italian boat songs, this fascinating history of the gondola, which was first used in medieval Venice as a maneuverable getaway boat, reveals how it evolved over the centuries into a floating pleasure palace that facilitated the romantic escapades of the Venetian elite." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
For Dr. Elena Burroughs, life is divided into two chapters-- before and after the death of her husband. Her success as a psychologist and as the author of a book on the interpretation of dreams is dimmed by an unspoken If only. Sandra, a new patient, recounts a frightening series of recurrent nightmares, and Elena discovers that the new patient and her family confront a powerful global network of dangerous forces. Can she understand-- and fulfill--...
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Elena Burroughs' life is spiraling out of control. Her controversial stance on dream interpretation has cost her a job, a romance, and all credibility in academic circles. Her literary agent tries to leverage the outcry into a publicity tour, which soon attracts a quirky following. Among the skeptics and mystics is a condescending scientist. But Elena finds his research holds ominous parallels with her own. A certain dream pattern has foretold...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the 1980s, a teenage girl terrorizes the Sicilian town of Gela. Tina's father was in Cosa Nostra and was brutally shot dead in front of her when she was just eight; after that, she made it her mission in life to join the mafia, although women are traditionally not allowed in. Nicknamed 'a masculidda, or "the tomboy," Tina is notorious through Gela for her recklessness, cruelty, and complete disregard for societal expectations. When a news article...