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In this stunning debut novel, a young woman tells the story behind two elderly sisters' estrangement, unraveling family secrets stretching back a century and across the Atlantic to early 20th century Italy. For Stella Fortuna, death has always been a part of life. Stella's childhood is full of strange, life-threatening incidents--moments where ordinary situations like cooking eggplant or feeding the pigs inexplicably take lethal turns. Even Stella's...
2) The Italians
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How can a nation that spawned the Renaissance have produced the Mafia? How could people concerned with bella figura (keeping up appearances) have elected Silvio Berlusconi as their leader, not once, but three times? Sublime and maddening, fascinating yet baffling, Italy is a country of seemingly unsolvable riddles. John Hooper's entertaining and perceptive new book is the ideal companion for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Italy and the...
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Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 2
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When Isabel's niece, Cat, asks Isabel to run her delicatessen while she attends a wedding in Italy, Isabel meets a man with a most interesting problem. He recently had a heart transplant, and is suddenly plagued with memories of events that never happened to him. Could the memories be connected with the donor's demise? Add to the mix the lothario Cat brings home from the wedding in Italy.
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Lively widow Varina Paladino has lived in the same house in Wyldale, New Jersey, her entire life. The town might be slightly stuck in the 1960s when small businesses thrived and most residents were Italian, but its population is getting younger and the Paladinos are embracing the change. What Varina's not embracing, much to her ninety-two-year-old mother's dismay is dating. Running Paladino's Italian Specialties grocery, caring for her mother, and...
5) In a flash
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Caught in Japan and separated from their father when World War II begins, Italian sisters Simona, thirteen, and Carolina, ten, embark on a trying journey hoping to reach safety. Includes historical notes.
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Too poor and too plain to marry, and unwilling to burden what family she has left, twenty-year-old Irma Vitale sees no choice but to flee her Italian mountain village. Risking rough passage across the Atlantic and the dangers facing a single woman in an unfamiliar land, Irma boldly pursues a new life sewing dresses for gentlewomen. Swept up in the crowded streets of nineteenth-century America, Irma finds not only workshop servitude and miserable wages...
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"Laurel Ferrara wouldn't know a happy ending if she fell over it--of course her whirlwind wedding was always going to end in disaster. But it wasn't as simple as just walking away. From the moment she is summoned back to Sicily, the shivers of unease set in ... .The command comes from legendary billionaire Cristiano Ferrara, the husband she can't forget--but it might as well have come from the devil himself. The outrageously gorgeous Cristiano's power...
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"Sweeping and panoramic, You Were There Before My Eyes is the epic and intimate story of a young woman who chafes at the stifling routine and tradition of her small, turn-of-the-century Italian village. When an opportunity presents itself for her to emigrate to America, her hunger for escape compels her to leave everything behind for the gleaming promises await her and her young husband in Mr. Ford's factories. Determine to survive, and perhaps even...
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From runaway to housekeepr... to the Italian's wife! When Enzo stops to help a broken-down car, he's shocked by his discovery. Skye is frightened, on the run and with tiny siblings in tow. Enzo's honor dictates he offer them sanctuary and Skye a job. But could their simmering attraction solve another problem -- his need for a bride? Skye urgently needs a fresh start... and Enzo already makes her blood pound and her skin tingle. Yet can she marry...
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Two star-crossed lovers--Enza and Ciro--meet and separate, until, finally, the power of their love changes both of their lives forever. Set during the years preceding and during World War I.
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Harlequin presents volume 2886
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Sarah Halliday is a very ordinary housekeeper but her new boss catapults her into a star-studded life. Underneath the makeup and silk evening gowns Sarah is still the shy, frumpy housekeeper, not the sophisticated bedroom siren Lorenzo Cavalleri thinks she is.
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Harlequin presents volume 2800
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Allegra Avesti never realized that her fiancé, wickedly handsome tycoon Stefano Capozzi, saw her as just another item on his agenda. How could she share her life with a man who'd negotiated the terms of their marriage in the boardroom rather than the bedroom? Years later, Stefano needs Allegra-and is determined to claim his runaway bride. The defiant Allegra will return to Italy with him-and if he has to seduce her into agreeing, then that will make...
13) The collaborator
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A tale inspired by the Sicilian Mafia follows the efforts of a senior investigator who teams up with an Italian student in London who would protect her brother and risk lives by revealing insider secrets about her crime family.
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Beginning in the summer of 1903 the children of Italian immigrants were kidnapped, and dozens of innocent victims were gunned down. Bombs tore apart tenement buildings. Judges, senators, Rockefellers, and society matrons were threatened with gruesome deaths. The perpetrators' only calling card: the symbol of a black hand. The tabloid press heated ethnic tensions to the boiling point. Joseph Petrosino, a dogged and ingenious detective, and the...
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Harlequin presents volume 2893
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"Italian millionaire Gabriel Danti was renowned for his prowess in the bedroom--and Bella Scott was unable to resist the temptation of the night he was offering. Five years on, Bella is living alone, carving out a life for herself and her little boy. She never though she'd see Gabriel again! Gabriel has changed. His dark dangerous looks are marred by scars. But his desire for Bella hasn't waned--he wants her more than ever now that he knows he...
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Harlequin presents volume 3589
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The Italian's shock heir ... Raising her sister's child has left Rachel Bern penniless and desperate. Since her orphaned nephew's family has ignored her attempts at contact, she has no choice but to bring him to the Marcellos' Venetian door. Losing his brother devastated Giovanni Marcello. Rachel's news is another bombshell, and he can't believe that she doesn't have an ulterior motive. One kiss should unravel her deception, until their smoldering...
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Harlequin presents volume 3560
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The Italian's convenient deal! Sebastiano Castiglione has a problem. His lifestyle of decadent hedonism has convinced his grandfather to retain control of the family dynasty - and to take what's owed to him Bastian must prove he's a changed man. The sight of his stunning intern sparks an idea - and the flames of a burning desire! - but innocent Poppy Connolly will not become another Castiglione acquisition. However, she cannot refuse his offer of...
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Harlequin presents volume 3665
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Shy housekeeper Molly Miller always tries her best. She's anxious to impress outrageously wealthy house guest Salvio De Gennaro, but instead is unfairly criticised by her employer! Found sobbing by Salvio, she's comforted - with the most amazing experience of her life. When that incredible encounter costs Molly her job, Salvio rescues her with an irresistible proposition: become his temporary housekeeper - just in time for Christmas!"
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