Emilia Rosa was born in the US and raised in Brazil. During her childhood she lived in Rio de Janeiro, where every sunny weekend was generally spent at the beach. Having moved to South of Brazil, she holds fond memories of summer vacations spent in Rio. Her love for the sea and that city, as well as its history, permeate the pages of her first fiction book, FINDING CRISTINA. During her teens she avidly read in Portuguese, Spanish, English, French and Italian. A few years ago she developed a love for murder mysteries written during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Emilia moved back to the United States several years ago. She has published poetry. Her readers can contact her on FaceBook, Instagram (Emilia Rosa Author), Goodreads, and X (EmliaURosa1).
Emilia Rosa was born in the US and raised in Brazil. During her childhood she lived in Rio de Janeiro, where every sunny weekend was generally spent at the beach. Having moved to South of Brazil, she holds fond memories of summer vacations spent in Rio. Her love for the sea and that city, as well as its history, permeate the pages of her first fiction book, FINDING CRISTINA. During her teens she avidly read in Portuguese, Spanish, English,...
Books
Finding Cristina
Book one in the trilogy.
The story in FINDING CRISTINA takes place in 1924 Rio de Janeiro. The plot has mystery, romance, jealousies, unrequited love, a singular duel and a riotous attempted kidnapping. After her father died of a long illness, Cristina was left with debts, and an ailing mother. Undaunted, she breaks up with patriarchal...
Finding Cristina: A New Life
Second book in the series. In the previous novel, FINDING CRISTINA, the beautiful young Cristina found her true identity, her parentage and the love of her life. In this sequel, after moving to New York City with her husband, she gives birth to her son. She and her new family travel by ocean liner to Rio de Janeiro, her childhood home, to visit...
FINDING CRISTINA: TREASURES ON EARTH
Third book in the series. It is 1933. Cristina and her family live on a farm, in the southernmost state of Brazil—the land of the proud Gaúchos. Early in 1929 they sold their property in New York, converted the money to gold, and moved to Brazil, and so avoiding the Wall Street Crash. Their bucolic farm life is suddenly disturbed by inexplicable...
