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In 2004, Mirella began writing her first novel, Dance Shoes, Dreams & Lattes, which was published in July 2007. She has just recently finished editing her latest novel Spaghetti Straps, which is soon to be released. Many of her short stories appear on the online Chick Lit magazine, chicklitreview.org, such as “On The First Day Of Christmas” and “A Love Mission” amongst others. Her latest work can also be seen in the latest graphic novel The Trouble With Katie Rogers, illustrated and created by Des Taylor, to be released 2009.
Dance Shoes, Dreams & Lattes
Carina steps out of the streets of London and into the crowded hustle and bustle of New York City after agent/manager Danny LaFranca discovers her. She’s spent many years at performing arts college and has finally gotten the lucky break she’s been looking for.
This city will mold her and change her life forever. Her three best friends Sandy, Alice and Rosalia join her on her adventure. Carinas journey begins full of hopes and ambitions, but with her passion and devotion to her future, she joins a voyage of unexpected broken hearts and broken promises to fulfil her lifelong dream.
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Spaghetti Straps
Novice shoe designer Peppi Fontanelli has fallen for a young Italian sales entrepreneur, Marco Macchoni, and that would be perfect, if he wasn’t also rumoured to be a drug-dealing gangster! Peppi and Marco are caught together by her father, who forbids her from seeing him.
With Maria (her Goth-looking cousin who is in the midst of an identity crisis) in tow, they jet-set off to Los Angeles to escape the family’s rules and traditions and to mend her broken heart. Life gives her lemons, so she makes limoncello! Soon enough, Peppi’s whirlwind adventure of self-discovery and her thrilling romance with a Latino, Memo, all comes to an end. She finds herself back home and in the middle of a secret that could
not only change her life, but also ruin everything. What should she choose, to tell or to keep the secret just that?
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