The Sicilian Inheritance: A Novel

Sara Marsala is struggling after her business and marriage fail. When her great-aunt Rosie dies, Sara inherits a plane ticket to Sicily, a deed to land, and a shocking family secret: Rosie believes Sara's great-grandmother Serafina was murdered, not killed by illness as the family has always claimed. Sara travels to Sicily to investigate. In the early 1900s, Serafina was a young woman who became a mother in her teens and fought for a better life for herself and the women in her small village. As she challenged the status quo, she faced increasing danger. Sara's investigation into Serafina's story leads her across the Italian countryside and into contact with the same threatening forces that destroyed her great-grandmother. The novel weaves together two timelines: Sara's present-day mystery and Serafina's past, exploring a family secret some will kill to protect.