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Maria Grazia Swan

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Maria Grazia Swan was born in Italy, but this rolling stone has definitely gathered no moss. She lived in Belgium, France, Germany, in beautiful Orange County, California where she raised her family, and is currently at home in Phoenix, Arizona—but stay tuned for weekly updates of Where in the World is Maria Grazia Swan?

As a young girl, her vivid imagination predestined her to be a writer. She won her first literary award at the age of fourteen while living in Belgium. As a young woman Maria returned to Italy to design for—ooh-la-la—haute couture. Once in the U.S. and after years of concentrating on family, she tackled real estate. These days her time is devoted to her deepest passions: writing and helping people find happiness.

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	A Cat to Die For (Mina's Adventures, #5) 4.20 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bosom Bodies (Mina's Adventures, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Italian Summer (Mina's Adventures, #3) 3.98 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cooks, Crooks and a Corpse (Baker Girls #1) 4.05 avg rating — 106 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sniffing Out Murder (Mina's Adventures Book 7) 4.08 avg rating — 96 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ashes of Autumn (Mina's Adventures, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gemini Moon (Lella York, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Thy Sister (Mina's Adventures, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best in Show (Mina's Adventures, #6) 4.40 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Venetian Moon (Lella York #2) 3.92 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Maria Grazia Swan

“The man was more temperamental than she was. Not an easy feat. (Mina's view of Diego.)”
― Maria Grazia Swan, Bosom Bodies

tags: adventure, italian, italy, romantic-suspense

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“Anything and everything made her think about him. He was so much a part of her, embedded in her soul. [Mina and Diego]”
― Maria Grazia Swan, Ashes of Autumn

tags: italian, romance, suspense

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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.”
― Maria Grazia Swan, Gemini Moon

tags: italian-woman, mystery-novel, romance-novel

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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.”
― Jim Butcher, Fool Moon

tags: harry-dresden, humor, women

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“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.”
― Lillian Hellman

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“Why can't relationships come with an instruction manual for unsophisticated adults like me?”
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tags: italian-woman, mystery-novel, suspense-novel

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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.”
― Maria Grazia Swan, Gemini Moon

tags: italian-woman, mystery-novel, romance-novel

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“The man was more temperamental than she was. Not an easy feat. (Mina's view of Diego.)”
― Maria Grazia Swan, Bosom Bodies