Jose Maria, a young Spaniard studying in Rome during the Spanish Civil War, and his beloved Montse become involved with Junio, a pro-Nazi Italian prince, in a search for the map God used to create the Earth.

Assigned to write about a famous sixteenth-century garden, Cambridge scholar Adam Banting visits the garden only to discover that the woman to whom the garden was dedicated may have been murdered, a finding that points to a more recent killing.

Renting a Tuscan apartment where she plans to spend the summer writing, an American academic becomes captivated by her hostess' family heritage and the unsolved death of a relative from World War II.

Set in contemporary Venice, features a young American couple who have set their sights on a high-stakes con.

After surviving a bombing in Rome, photojournalist Josh Ryder is plagued by strange memories from an ancient time that instruct him to save a woman named Sabina and, desperate for answers, he consults an expert on past life experiences.

"As the last will of a close friend is read, three women discover that they have inherited a legacy from her: the funds to take a dream trip to Florence, Italy, in her memory. With plenty of hilarious travel mishaps along the way, this book is a story of deep friendship, of making room in our lives to celebrate and remember, of grief, of the realization that friendship keeps the memory alive, and the sweet discovery of unexpected romance"--

Believed cursed in her rugged Italian village, a tough, intelligent teen protects her younger sister when the family emigrates to America just before World War II, enduring challenges that transform her views about survival and independence.

In 1940s Italy, teenager Pino Lella joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps and falls for a beautiful widow, he also becomes the personal driver of one of the Third Reich's most powerful commanders.

Forging close ties with three brothers from a neighboring farm in Italy, Teresa discovers a dark secret when the brother she secretly loves commits a brutal act of revenge.