My collection of short stories for Valentine’s Day :-)
We’re back in Sicily (mostly) in this new collection of 10 humorous and heartwarming short stories about love—found, kept, reconquered—at all ages. The perfect winter warmer for your coffee break or as a bedtime read. Amanda’s name means “to be loved” and she’s taken it as her duty to make herself lovable, but it’s hard…
Welcome to Quayside
My new book is out 🙂
The Italian Fake Date
Escape to Calabria with this ‘terrific tale of mystery and romance, set in Italian sunshine’!
Fancy Christmas in Sicily?
My first ever collection of short stories for Christmas and the festive period is out! And, of course, it’s set in Sicily.
Stars Are Silver
My new collection of short stories is out as kindle, paperback and easy-on-the-eye very large print. Is it too late for Melina to learn to drive? Is Don Pericle’s vow never to fall in love again still valid after fifty years? Will a falling piano squash Filomena or just shake up her heart? Why does…
Making Pizza
How do you make pizza dough from scratch? Does the ham go on the pizza before or after cooking? How about the mushrooms? Making the dough The other day, my friend Rosalind asked me to give her my pizza recipe, and I was at a loss. I usually let my bread machine make the dough…
Sicilian Love: the leopard and his mum
Giuseppe Tomasi, Prince of Lampedusa, loves his mum. When she says ‘come’, he comes, when she says ‘go’, he goes. Unfortunately, in 1931, Giuseppe falls in love with another woman. Now when his mum wants him to stay in Palermo and he wants to meet his secret crush in Rome, he asks a friend to…
Sicilian Love: 24 shirts, 24 bedsheets
Rosa Balistreri’s life hangs on 24 shirts, 24 bedsheets and 24 underpants: the wedding trousseau that she hasn’t got. Aunt Mariannina demands it, if Rosa is to marry her son, cousin Angilino. Sixteen-year-old Rosa loves him and he loves her too. His love is so sincere that, when she offers herself to him one night,…
The Sicilian Mama 