Books

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...

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...

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...