Carrying a Sicilian Secret is a surprise pregnancy, marriage of convenience, Greek billionaire romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Caitlin Crews. The secret consequence… of a dangerous passion! Alceu Vaccaro should never have touched Dioni Adrianakis. It’s not just that he lost control and rid his best friend’s sister of her innocence. He broke his vow to ensure his despicable bloodline ended with him. Because Dioni is secretly pregnant with his heir… Before Alceu, Dioni spent a lifetime silencing her own desires. No more. He can demand they marry for their son, but she won’t accept being the Sicilian’s wife in name only. And to close the distance Alceu insists is for her protection, she must stoke the wildfire tearing through them both… From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds. Read all the Notorious Mediterranean Marriages books: Book 1: Greek's Enemy Bride Book 2: Carrying a Sicilian Secret
The proof of their passion: she’s carrying the Sicilian’s child! Read this thrilling secret baby romance from Lela May Wight. When their worlds collided… They became tied forever! Flora Bick once strayed from her carefully scripted life and lost herself in the uninhibited kisses of a stranger. Overwhelmed, she fled his bed and returned to her risk-free existence. Now, he’s found her and together they discover the unimaginable—she’s pregnant! Demanding Flora accompany him to Sicily, Raffaele Russo finally reveals his vast wealth—and his determination to give their child the stable upbringing he never had. But for the time being, their secret remains theirs alone, and it will bind them even closer than their ever-present desire… From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.
THE SICILIAN SECRET DIET PLAN is a clinically proven diet and lifestyle plan that helps you restore your intrinsic health and increase your longevity. More good news: you’ll enjoy the process. Written by a noted nutritional cardiologist / integrative medicine physician, with recipes supplied by his wife, also a physician (and a native of Sicily), THE SICILIAN SECRET DIET PLAN is much more than a credible, delicious way to eat well while losing excess weight and fat; it is a complete lifestyle plan that addresses all the elements essential to physical and mental wellness at any age. In the truest sense of the word, it is the “diet” for a good long life. Using down-to-earth language, the author condenses his years of study of longevity, diet, and the connection between lifestyle and disease to show us how easy—and enjoyable—is to live long and well. Credible, powerful, eye-opening, and inspiring, the information in THE SICILIAN SECRET DIET PLAN is life-changing. With narrative, sidebars, charts, stories, meal plans and recipes, you will learn how and why: • Ancient grains reverse heart disease • Group activities improve mental and physical health • Angry people have more heart attacks • When you stretch your body, you stretch your lifespan • Your environment changes your genes • Gratitude, forgiveness, and love are the core “feelings” that protect your health • Exercise affects your health and longevity • Your gut equals your immunity • A plant-based diet is an anti-cancer diet • Sleep has a direct effect on your weight, health, and longevity • You can eat your way to better health • And much, much more
Lethally attractive Vittorio d'Severano was everything Jillian Smith wanted –– until she discovered his secret life. With her dreams of a happy ending crumbled into dust, broken–hearted Jill disappeared. Now Vitt has returned to claim the tiny son Jill has sworn to keep away from him. But to stay with her child, she must put Vitt's ring on her finger! Yet what kind of relationship can they have when it's based on secrets –– and a heat too impossible to resist?
"Keahey's exploration of this misunderstood island offers a much-needed look at a much-maligned land."—Paul Paolicelli, author of Under the Southern Sun Sicily is the Mediterranean's largest and most mysterious island. Its people, for three thousand years under the thumb of one invader after another, hold tightly onto a culture so unique that they remain emotionally and culturally distinct, viewing themselves first as Sicilians, not Italians. Many of these islanders, carrying considerable DNA from Arab and Muslim ancestors who ruled for 250 years and integrated vast numbers of settlers from the continent just ninety miles to the south, say proudly that Sicily is located north of Africa, not south of Italy. Seeking Sicily explores what lies behind the soul of the island's inhabitants. It touches on history, archaeology, food, the Mafia, and politics and looks to nineteenth- and twentieth-century Sicilian authors to plumb the islanders' so-called Sicilitudine. This "culture apart" is best exemplified by the writings of one of Sicily's greatest writers, Leonardo Sciascia. Seeking Sicily also looks to contemporary Sicilians who have never shaken off the influences of their forbearers, who believed in the ancient gods and goddesses. Author John Keahey is not content to let images from the island's overly touristed villages carry the story. Starting in Palermo, he journeyed to such places as Arab-founded Scopello on the west coast, the Greek ruins of Selinunte on the southwest, and Sciascia's ancestral village of Racalmuto in the south, where he experienced unique, local festivals. He spent Easter Week in Enna at the island's center, witnessing surreal processions that date back to Spanish rule. And he learned about Sicilian cuisine in Spanish Baroque Noto and Greek Siracusa in the southeast, and met elderly, retired fishermen in the tiny east-coast fishing village of Aci Trezza, home of the mythical Cyclops and immortalized by Luchino Visconti's mid-1940s film masterpiece, La terra trema. He walked near the summit of Etna, Europe's largest and most active volcano, studied the mountain's role in creating this island, and looked out over the expanse of the Ionian Sea, marveling at the three millennia of myths and history that forged Sicily into what it is today.
"A wondrously joyous account of travel as it should be." –Publishers Weekly A travel narrative that focuses on Sicily's little-known regions, from the author of Seeking Sicily and Hidden Tuscany. From Palermo to Castiglione di Sicilia to Alimena, Sicily holds great secrets from the past and unspoken promises. Tradition, in the form of festivals, the written word, photographs, and song, reverberates through village walls. Now, slowly shaking itself free of the Mafia, Sicily is opening itself up to visitors in ways it never has before. Sicilian Splendors explores the history, politics, food, Mafia, and people which John Keahey encounters throughout his travels during his return to Sicily. Through conversing with natives and immersing himself in culture, Keahey illustrates a brand new Sicily no one has ever talked about before. Villagers, eager to welcome tourism and impart awareness of their cultural background, greet Keahey for meals and drink and walk him through their winding streets. They share stories of well-known writers, such as Maria Messina, who have found inspiration in Sicily’s villages. Keahey’s never-ending curiosity as a traveler shines light on Sicily’s mythical mysteries and portrays the island not only through his eyes but also through Sicily’s heart. This picturesque travel memoir navigates Sicily today and seeks to understand Sicily’s past. In lyrical prose and vivid dialect, Keahey paints images of the island’s villages, people, and culture with careful strokes and a meticulously even hand. Keahey not only serves as a guide through the marvel of Sicily’s identity, but he also looks deeply into Sicily’s soul.
Her scandalous confession means Sicilian marriage vows in this gripping secret baby romance by New York Times bestselling author Jane Porter! Lethally attractive Vittorio d’Severano was everything Jillian Smith wanted and their whirlwind romance was everything she dreamed it would be. Then she discovered his secret life and her dreams of a happy—ever—after crumbled into dust at the realisation that he’s her family’s greatest enemy… Brokenhearted, Jill disappeared. Now Vitt has returned—to claim the tiny son Jill carried in secret and has sworn to protect! But to stay with her child, she must travel to Sicily and put Vitt’s ring on her finger. Yet what kind of marriage can they have when it’s based on secrets and a heat impossible to resist? From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.
An immigrant, Italian family is humiliated by their daughter's actions. Eastville, a town of fifteen hundred. hears all. The rumor mill spins and spins. The family holds this secret tightly to the chest of ancestors and strangers. Secrets are knots, woven with an encore. All of the four estranged children live challenging lives. Connie, a granddaughter, grows up in a chaotic home. Her future is faced with depression and paternity confusion. After twenty-seven years, the mother's whereabouts are discovered. The mother is dead but leaves a daughter. Much communication ensues. Most families have a skeleton dangling in a closet somewhere. The descendants of Pietro and Guiseppina La Placa found many doors, as they walked the hall of life, with numerous skeletons ready to rattle out. This is foremost the story of Connie Basile, third generation Sicilian, who at an early age sensed the skeletons. “Why don’t I have a grandma?” elicited mother Serafina’s answer, “She’s dead.” But was Grandma Mazie dead? “May I see your wedding picture?” was cut off with “Don’t have any.” Despite Connie’s childhood in the stately Northend Tavern among small-town characters, her anxious nail-biting became recurring bouts of adult depression. Her brother Salvatore didn’t share her sensitivity to the family dynamic. Connie and her family are devout Catholics. Connie persevered to sing, teach, marry Ed, and raise four children after being widowed young. Grandma Mazie is discovered living a new life in Albany with her first husband Joe’s brother, Paul, and she has a daughter, Dina, much to the distress of the four children she ran away from. Dina tells Mazie's first family about her marvelous loving parents. Not until a passport clerk said, “Step aside. I have a different birth certificate here,” did the buzzing of town and family gossips make sense to Connie. She finds out she was adopted at the age of 4 by Constantino, her current father, from her mother’s first husband, Vincenzo. Outside the hall of secrets are glorious family celebrations with song, vino and homemade Italian food. Connie’s great aunts, accomplished seamstresses, and her uncles, close in age, adore her. She has many cousins. Eventually, Connie discovers a kindred soul in a half-sister, Sally, Vincenzo’s daughter. Overall, Sicilian Secrets is a story of Connie's triumphs.
