Title: The Infinite Passion of Life
Description: **Finding yourself is worth the search.**
Through a series of coincidences, Angelina begins to believe she might experience love and happiness with Benjamin. Her godmother Valentina is not so sure. Benjamin finds himself navigating the strong personalities of the two women as he struggles to put down roots in his new hometown.

*But did Valentina really mean it when she said she would kill him?*

This first book in a six-book series set primarily in Northern Italy, with scenes in New Jersey, presents the relationships between three main characters: Angelina, a native of Rimini, Italy in her mid-thirties, widowed and dealing with financial and familial baggage; her multi-talented over-protective godmother Valentina, friend of Angelina's dead mother and a veteran of Italian law enforcement and intelligence services; and, Benjamin, a native of New Jersey in his mid-thirties, divorced, and relocating to Rimini for a fresh start. The characters interact with historically accurate events and locations, and the story reflects the language, culture, traditions, and history of Northern Italy.
Subjects: Italy, Feminism, Romance, Fiction, romance, general
Places: Rimini, Como, Urbino, Milan, New Jersey
Time periods: 2017, with flashbacks from the 1980s forward