Dante's Dilemma (a Novella)

Dante's Dilemma (a Novella)
Author: Day Leclaire
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781492309857

Curse…or blessing?Romero Dante had always been warned about the danger of The Inferno. After all, it creates an all-consuming, love-at-first-touch lust, which led to his mother's ruin…and Rom's birth. Now it strikes again and it's with the one woman Rom can't have—Julietta Bianchi, the fiancée of his best friend.Julietta will do whatever necessary to save her family from financial disaster, even marry a man she doesn't love. But days before her wedding is to take place, her heart is stolen—with a single touch.Now the two lovers must choose between honor…and each other.The story that sparked three generations of Inferno love affairs. A Dante Legacy novella featuring fan favorites, Primo and Nonna!Many readers of The Dante Legacy have written to tell me how much they love the Dantes and the various secondary characters featured along the way, particularly the family patriarch and matriarch. So, I thought I'd offer a surprise treat—the romance of Romero Dante and Julietta Bianchi, known to readers as Primo and Nonna.The story takes place in the small, fictitious village of Santa Lucia located among the grapevines of Tuscany, Italy. Though events unfold in the mid-1950s out of necessity—after all, Primo and Nonna are in their late 70s when they appear in The Dante Legacy—this tale is the type of timeless love story that could happen in any decade.So, meet Romero Dante, a man destined to become an internationally famous jeweler, and owner of the only mines in the world to possess fire diamonds. And meet Julietta, the woman who sparks The Inferno, the all-consuming, once-in-a-lifetime passion that occurs when Dante soul mates first join hands. Their road to happily-ever-after isn't an easy one. Not when Julietta is engaged to Romero's best friend. And not when Romero is the town bastard, the bad boy who good girls should avoid at all costs….Other Books by Day Leclaire:The Dante Legacy:Dante's Dilemma, a NovellaForever Dante (Lucia's Story), Available November 28th The Wacky Women Series:Once Upon a GhostOnce Upon a CowboyOnce Upon a TimeOnce Upon a Jinx, Available November 1st Once Upon an Enchantment, Available November 29th The Sinful Secrets Series:Mail-Order HusbandThe Wedding Night, Coming in 2014The Secret Baby, Coming in 2014Mail-Order Wife, Coming in 2014The Salvatore Brothers Series:Who's Holding the Baby (Luc's Story), Available September 27th Matteo, Coming in 2014Nico (Nic), Coming in 2014Dante, Coming in 2015Gabriele (Gabe), Coming in 2015 Brando (Brand), Coming in 2015

Dante's Dilemma

Dante's Dilemma
Author: Lynne Raimondo
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2015-08-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1633880435

Blind psychiatrist Mark Angelotti is faced with his most troubling case yet when he is asked to evaluate Rachel Lazarus, the estranged wife of a slain University of Chicago professor. Months earlier, the professor’s body was found stuffed into one of the exhibits at “Scav,” the school’s world-famous annual scavenger hunt, and – in a feast for the press – missing a vital piece of its anatomy. Though she’s confessed to her husband’s murder, Rachel is mounting a battered woman’s defense. Forced into helping the prosecution, Mark becomes unsure of his objectivity when his investigation uncovers uncomfortable parallels between Rachel’s history and his own. That concern proves well-founded when his damaging admission at trial all but convicts Rachel. Then a tip connects the case to another suspected murder and evidence that Rachel may not be guilty after all. As he plows ahead during a brutal Chicago winter, Mark soon learns he has far more to worry about than treacherous snow and ice: someone will do anything to guarantee that Rachel takes the fall. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dante's Dilemma

Dante's Dilemma
Author: Lawrence M. Baytos
Publisher:
Total Pages: 323
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780966101904

Lizzie & Dante

Lizzie & Dante
Author: Mary Bly
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2022-06-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593134842

The insightful, audacious, and deeply romantic story of a woman whose life turns upside down after she meets an enigmatic chef on vacation in Italy, from a New York Times bestselling author “Delicious.”—People • “Smart, sexy and funny, full of joy in simple pleasures.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune What if falling in love means breaking someone’s heart? On the heels of a difficult break-up and a devastating diagnosis, Shakespeare scholar Lizzie Delford decides to take one last lavish vacation on Elba, the sun-kissed island off the Italian coast, with her best friend and his movie-star boyfriend. Once settled into a luxurious seaside resort, Lizzie has to make big decisions about her future, and she needs the one thing she may be running out of: time. She leaves the yacht owners and celebrities behind and sneaks off to the public beach, where she meets a sardonic chef named Dante, his battered dog, Lulu, and his wry daughter, Etta, a twelve-year-old desperate for a mother. While Dante shows Lizzie the island’s secrets, and Etta dazzles with her irreverent humor, Lizzie is confronted with a dilemma. Is it right to fall in love if time is short? Is it better to find a mother briefly, or to have no mother at all? And most pressingly, are the delicacies of life worth tasting, even if you will get to savor them only for a short while? A luscious story of love, courage, and Italian wine, Lizzie & Dante demands to know how far we should travel to find a future worth fighting for.

Dante's Wood

Dante's Wood
Author: Lynne Raimondo
Publisher: Seventh Street Books
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2013-01-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1616147180

A troubled psychiatrist turns investigator when a young patient confesses to murder. Psychiatrist Mark Angelotti knows that genes don't lie. Or do they? Back at work after a devastating illness, Mark believes he has put his past behind him when he is asked to examine Charlie Dickerson, a mentally handicapped teenager whose wealthy mother insists he is a victim of sexual abuse. Mark diagnoses a different reason for Charlie's ills, but his prescription turns deadly when a teacher is murdered and Charlie confesses to the police. Volunteering to testify on Charlie's behalf, Mark's worst fears are realized when paternity tests show the victim was pregnant with Charlie's child. Now it's up to Mark to prove Charlie's innocence in a case where nothing is as first meets the eye. Not even genes--Mark's or Charlie's--can be trusted to shine a light on the truth.

Linden Hills

Linden Hills
Author: Gloria Naylor
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2017-03-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504043170

The National Book Award–winning author of The Women of Brewster Place explores the secrets of an affluent black community. For its wealthy African American residents, the exclusive neighborhood of Linden Hills is a symbol of “making it.” The ultimate achievement: a home on prestigious Tupelo Drive. Making your way downhill to Tupelo is irrefutable proof of your worth. But the farther down the hill you go, the emptier you become . . . Using the descent of Dante’s Inferno as a model, this bold, haunting novel follows two young men as they attempt to find work amid the circles of the well-off community. Exploring a microcosm of race and social class, author Gloria Naylor reveals the true cost of success for the lost souls of Linden Hills—an existence trapped in a nightmare of their own making.

Dante in Love

Dante in Love
Author: Harriet Rubin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005-04-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780743262989

Tracks the great Italian poet following his exile from Florence in 1302, his travels as a fugitive from justice over the next twenty years, and the influence of his journeys on the creation of his poetic masterpiece, "The Divine Comedy."

Dante's Journey

Dante's Journey
Author: Jc Marino
Publisher: Star Publish
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2010-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781935188094

A flash of light and Detective Joe Dante steps through. No longer on the cobblestone streets of 1961 Boston, Joe finds himself in a horrifying new world-Hell itself. Joe was in hot pursuit of his family's killer, drug lord Filippo Argenti, when both were killed, and isn't about to let a little thing like death slow him down. So, with a healthy dose of New England stubbornness and the help of a mysterious guide, Virgil DiMini, Joe must evade angry demons, and search ever-lower through the rings of the original Dante's Inferno in hopes of finding justice for his wife and children. However, Joe will soon discover that behind every sin lies a secret and each secret revealed could land Joe in an eternity of hot water... VERY hot.

Gabriel's Redemption

Gabriel's Redemption
Author: Sylvain Reynard
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101616695

The New York Times bestselling Gabriel's Inferno series reaches new heights as Gabriel and Julia's relationship is challenged by past secrets and present foes in this captivating novel—NOW A FILM FROM PASSIONFLIX! Professor Gabriel Emerson has left his position at the University of Toronto to embark on a new life with his beloved Julia. Together, he’s confident that they can face any challenge. And he’s eager to become a father. But Julia’s graduate program threatens Gabriel’s plans, as the pressures of being a student become all consuming. When she is given the honor of presenting an academic lecture at Oxford, Gabriel is forced to confront Julia about the subject of her presentation—research that conflicts with his own. And in Oxford, several individuals from their past appear, including an old nemesis intent on humiliating Julia and exposing one of Gabriel’s darkest secrets. In an effort to confront his remaining demons, Gabriel begins a quest to discover more about his biological parents, beginning a chain of events that has startling repercussions for himself, Julianne, and his hope of having a family.

How Dante Can Save Your Life

How Dante Can Save Your Life
Author: Rod Dreher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1941393772

The opening lines of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri launched Rod Dreher on a journey that rescued him from exile and saved his life. Dreher found that the medieval poem offered him a surprisingly practical way of solving modern problems. Following the death of his little sister and the publication of his New York Times bestselling memoir The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Dreher found himself living in the small community of Starhill, Louisiana where he grew up. But instead of the fellowship he hoped to find, he discovered that fault lines within his family had deepened. Dreher spiraled into depression and a stress-related autoimmune disease. Doctors told Dreher that if he didn’t find inner peace, he would destroy his health. Soon after, he came across The Divine Comedy in a bookstore and was enchanted by its first lines, which seemed to describe his own condition. In the months that followed, Dante helped Dreher understand the mistakes and mistaken beliefs that had torn him down and showed him that he had the power to change his life. Dreher knows firsthand the solace and strength that can be found in Dante’s great work, and distills its wisdom for those who are lost in the dark wood of depression, struggling with failure (or success), wrestling with a crisis of faith, alienated from their families or communities, or otherwise enduring the sense of exile that is the human condition. Inspiring, revelatory, and packed with penetrating spiritual, moral, and psychological insights, How Dante Can Save Your Life is a book for people, both religious and secular, who find themselves searching for meaning and healing. Dante told his patron that he wrote his poem to bring readers from misery to happiness. It worked for Rod Dreher. Dante saved Rod Dreher’s life—and in this book, Dreher shows you how Dante can save yours.