Joni Marie Iraci – författare

Set in Rome and Venice - with a brief stop in Magallanes, Chile, and New York City - Vatican Daughter propels the reader deep into the heart of Italy. Ensnared by its vivid descriptive language, you will be transported and immersed in this plausible, suspenseful story as it takes you through various cities, tasting their foods along the way, with different characters. At the same time, you will meander along the medieval palazzos of Rome and Venice, sip the wine, explore the countryside, ride the train, step behind the walls of Vatican City and its papal gardens, and imagine experiencing the loss of a child at the hands of men who would go to any means to avoid the exposure of Vatican corruption, papal indiscretion, and the Vatican s long-buried secrets. A story of a young woman who relentlessly searches for her child while coming head-to-head with the most powerful entity on earth, Vatican Daughter focuses on serious female-centric issues and the Vatican s controversial, scandalous, and hypocritical behaviors.

In Women of a Lesser God, Sophia Travato, now Jenco, returns with a new set of trials. Another Vatican scandal has forced the Curia�s hand to enact a coverup of historical proportions. As Sophia exposes the pope�s blatant depravity, she must concoct her own elaborate coverup in order to protect an illegally established family legacy. Travel across Europe and linger awhile with colorful characters on the streets of the bohemian Roman village of Trastevere. Feast your eyes on the brilliant Bougainvillea draping down the sides of homes. Taste the food, walk the ancient streets, and find refuge from the suspense in the gardens of the Zen Monastery, or experience Acqua Alta as raging waters flood the Calles and Venice�s piazzas. Then travel farther, across eastern Europe, to poverty-stricken Romania, where Sophia vows to protect Lauretta�s legacy. Women of a Lesser God�exposes little-known historical events surrounding the Holocaust in Italy and current social injustices including the suppression of women.