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Maria Grazia Swan
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AHAH!!! I either pull weeds or go snooping around Goodreads....mille grazie, ciao.
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A Cat to Die For (Mina's Adventures, #5)
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2015
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Bosom Bodies (Mina's Adventures, #2)
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2012
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Italian Summer (Mina's Adventures, #3)
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2013
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Cooks, Crooks and a Corpse (Baker Girls #1)
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Ashes of Autumn (Mina's Adventures, #4)
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2014
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Gemini Moon (Lella York, #1)
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2013
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6 editions
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Love Thy Sister (Mina's Adventures, #1)
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2001
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Sniffing Out Murder (Mina's Adventures Book 7)
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Death Under the Venice Moon (Lella York, #2)
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2014
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Best in Show (Mina's Adventures, #6)
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2015
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The Alpini are known as Le Penne Nere (“The Black Feathers”) in Italy.
For those of you who follow my Facebook postings, you may remember a short video I posted back in September. The Video showed a group of Alpini honoring dead comrades from World War II.
The Alpini marched all the way to the church proudly wearing their hats, with the black feathers. In Italy they go by the nick name Le Penne N...
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"Mina series is full of fun quirky characters that readers will simple fall in love with.
Book 7 is about Mina who runs a no kill shelter. When Mina tries to locate a dogs owner she stumbles onto a murder. Readers who have started the series with b..." Read more of this review » |
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Thank you for reviewing the book, most of all for really 'getting' Mina. Ciao. Maria Grazia
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“The man was more temperamental than she was. Not an easy feat. (Mina's view of Diego.)”
― Bosom Bodies
― Bosom Bodies
“Anything and everything made her think about him. He was so much a part of her, embedded in her soul. [Mina and Diego]”
― Ashes of Autumn
― Ashes of Autumn
“I felt clueless and nervous--pretty much the same way I'd been feeling ever since I came back from Italy.”
― Gemini Moon
― Gemini Moon
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“Put some clothes on, you weird, yellow-eyed, table-dancing, werewolf-training, cryptic, stare-me-right-in-the-eyes-and-don't-even-blink wench.”
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“I felt clueless and nervous--pretty much the same way I'd been feeling ever since I came back from Italy.”
― Gemini Moon
― Gemini Moon
“The man was more temperamental than she was. Not an easy feat. (Mina's view of Diego.)”
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Peg wrote: "Thank you for your Goodreads friendship, Maria."Thank you Peg
Savannah wrote: "Maria,Thank you for the friendship.
Stay naughty,
Savannah
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Absolutely, following your lead.
Maria,Thank you for the friendship.
Stay naughty,
Savannah
Thank you for your Goodreads friendship, Maria.
Hey, Maria. Good to connect with you here.Kris
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