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Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco

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Chip LoCoco's love of music, stories and of his Sicilian-American heritage shines in all of his novels. His novels have been ranked on Amazon as Bestsellers and Top Rated novels.

His first novel was Tempesta's Dream - A Story of Love, Friendship and Opera. Tempesta's Dream was awarded the Pinnacle Award in Historical Fiction.

Chip's next novel, A Song for Bellafortuna, forms Book 1 of his much beloved Bellafortuna Series. That novel won the B.R.A.G Medallion Award in Historical Fiction and was named a short-list finalist in the prestigious William Faulkner Writing Competition.

Book 2 of the Bellafortuna series is Saving the Music. It too has been listed as a Top Rated novel on Amazon and as a Bestseller in Italian Historical Fiction. It was se
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A Song for Bellafortuna

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Tempesta's Dream

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Book Trailer for Saving the Music

Here is a link to the book trailer for the novel, Saving the Music. A new novel by Vincent LoCoco concerning Jewish musicians fleeing the rising Nazi threat. Saving the Music

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Saving the Music by Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco
"This book is a great book for discussions in book clubs. It is set in Italy during WWII and gives you a lot of history of the area. Being a historical fiction book during WWII, this book was rich with the information on the Pope and the musicians dur" Read more of this review »
Saving the Music by Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco
"I read the first book of this series and really liked it, but this book, I loved! I got to the end thinking “this could be true,” and then started wistfully hoping it was. If you love the WWII time period and are fascinated with the role the Catholic" Read more of this review »
The Devil's Jazz by Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco
"captivating

Being a New Orleanian I found this book very good. I loved the history of the city and Italian community and the suspense of the axman murders. Well written and easy to follow. I highly recommend it. "
The Devil's Jazz by Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco
"Thank you Goodreads, Cefalatuna Press, and Chip Lococo for The Devil' Jazz in exchange for my honest review. His writing is intriguing-- there are books that I "see" in the theatre of my mind. The words disappear, what's written immediately is repres" Read more of this review »
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"A tense and compelling story that kept me turning pages well past my bedtime. LoCoco paints a vivid picture of New Orleans during a dark and turbulent era. The city's sometimes forgotten Sicilian past ta
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“Verdi was a genius. Sometimes in his operas, the strings in the orchestra, particularly the cellos, play in such a way that it is as if you are hearing the very heartbeat of Verdi.”
Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco, Tempesta's Dream: A Story of Love, Friendship and Opera

“Never be afraid to stand up to the powerful. The alternative is fear and degradation.”
Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco, A Song for Bellafortuna

“There is an ironic paradox in that courage requires fear. Fear provides the opportunity for courage. However, one must be willing to face the hard demands of courage, confront that fear, and ultimately triumph over it.”
Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco, A Song for Bellafortuna

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“There is an ironic paradox in that courage requires fear. Fear provides the opportunity for courage. However, one must be willing to face the hard demands of courage, confront that fear, and ultimately triumph over it.”
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