Orphan of the Olive Tree is a beautifully crafted story of the life-long friendship of two men, sent to war and yet brought safely home. They are best friends, live next door, and because of the war make a blood oath to marry their firstborns...

The Contessa’s Vendetta by Mirella Sichirollo Patzer is a sordid tale of revenge. After the much beloved Contessa Carlotta Mancini marries who she suspects to be her true love, Dario, they begin a quaint life together at her villa. She bears a child and her...