Nail of Veneration
In this emotionally charged spiritual crime thriller, investigative journalist Julianna Stamford is drawn back to her Irish Catholic roots as she and a close circle of allies confront the unraveling of their beloved friend, Father Francesco Vinci. Once a compassionate priest, he now teeters on the edge of despair, haunted by trauma and drawn into a shadowy spiritual journey entwined with an ancient religious relic whose secrets will disrupt everything he believes. Set in Boston’s North End and intertwined with the high-stakes biotech world of Isabella Kaplan, the CEO of a rare disease life sciences organization, the story explores themes of betrayal, reverence, faith, forgiveness, and the challenges and resilience of the human spirit’s journey.
Two, in One Heart
Anthony Cuero, M.D., once a strong, optimistic Christian, struggles with the clash within himself. He is a young physician from the University of Miami who fell hopelessly in love with, and eventually married, Valentina Calamia, M.D. Their love and passion for each other strengthens with the passing of each day and it is believed to be attributed to a five-hundred-year-old family secret.
Valentina’s parents, grandparents and ancestors successfully protected the family secret within their family home, which sits on the side of Mount Etna, Sicily’s most powerful and mystical domain. It is Anthony’s and Valentina’s turn to protect it. But, their short time together was not always blissful. Her ancestor, from over five hundred years past, who bequeathed Valentina’s lineage with this extraordinary gift of love and passion, was unable to evade the envy of evil. It is an evil that manipulates Anthony away from his God of Peace and toward a god of destruction as he seeks revenge for the murder of Valentina.
Anthony is ultimately plagued with one final question: In his quest to be his family’s greatest ally, did he become their fiercest foe?