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Interview with Author – Loretta Giacoletto

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About Loretta Giacoletto: Loretta Giacoletto has been named a finalist in the 2015 and 2014 "Soon to be Famous Illinois Author Project" for her sagas, Family Deceptions and Chicago's Headmistress. She divides her time between the St. Louis Metropolitan area of Southern Illinois and Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks where she writes fiction, essays, and her blog Loretta on Life while her husband cruises the waters for bass and crappie. Their five children have left the once chaotic nest but … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Loretta Giacoletto

Filed Under: Interviews With Authors Tagged With: audiobooks, contemporary fiction, crime fiction, ebooks, historical fiction, Loretta Giacoletto, mysteries, short fiction

Italy To Die For: From the Savino Sisters Mystery Series by Loretta Giacoletto

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Too much togetherness spells disaster for these thirty-something sisters vacationing in Italy. When glamorous Margo opts for a steamy romance in Florence, plain-Jane Ellen travels alone to their next destination, a charming hillside villa at La Spezia. The owner Lorenzo, a mysterious widower, insists on showing Ellen around Cinque Terre, five picturesque villages overlooking the Ligurian Sea. Ellen is determined to experience the local culture but instead encounters intrigue in Monterosso el … [Read more...] about Italy To Die For: From the Savino Sisters Mystery Series by Loretta Giacoletto

Filed Under: Mystery/Suspense Tagged With: italian-American, Loretta Giacoletto

Family Deceptions by Loretta Giacoletto @LGiacoletto

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Pietro and Isabella Rocca are living a marriage of convenience in 1928 Italy. He allows his wife to rule the household, the farm, and their young twins. Isabella thinks she rules Pietro too, until she discovers him in bed with the neighbor’s wife. Isabella sends him away, to work in Torino for the year it will take her anger to subside. Instead, he sails to America with hopes of acquiring enough money to buy his family’s forgiveness. The new life Pietro builds—one based on gambling, extortion, … [Read more...] about Family Deceptions by Loretta Giacoletto @LGiacoletto

Filed Under: Historical Tagged With: Butte Montana fiction, crime fiction, Family Saga, Great Depression Fiction, historical fiction, Italian American Fiction, Italy fiction, Loretta Giacoletto, Prohibition fiction, WWII Fiction

Family Deceptions by Loretta Giacoletto @LGiacoletto

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Lust, betrayal and pride shatter a 1928 Italian family, forcing the couple to live separate lives—Isabella in Italy; Pietro in America. He bases his new life on gambling, extortion, bootlegging and bigamy. She uses deceit to safeguard her family and aid WWII partisans who regard her son a hero and her daughter a Nazi collaborator. 29 years pass before Pietro returns with an American son determined to befriend the family his father deserted. But first, Pietro must redeem himself to his … [Read more...] about Family Deceptions by Loretta Giacoletto @LGiacoletto

Filed Under: Historical Tagged With: Bootlegger Fiction, Copper Mining Butte Monana Fiction, Great Depression Fiction, Italian American Fiction, Italian Historical Fiction, Loretta Giacoletto, Prohibiton Era Fiction, Southern Illinois Fiction, WWII Fiction

Youthanasia by Loretta Giacoletto

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  A good short story for the Halloween season, comparable to 31 printed pages, subtle horror reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock Presents or The Twilight Zone. Plus an excerpt from another short story, "Frankie's Prayers." Lidia and Simon Drago are living their last hoorah, a European vacation financed by insurance money they received when their house burned down. On the night train from Paris to Florence they encounter a stranger who directs them to a lovely pensione in Florence. There, a … [Read more...] about Youthanasia by Loretta Giacoletto

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Loretta Giacoletto

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