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MaryAnn Diorio PhD, MFAAuthor Bio:
MaryAnn Diorio writes riveting women's fiction from a small, quaint Victorian town in southern New Jersey where the neighbors still stop to chat while walking their dogs, the houses still sport wide, wrap-around porches, and the charming downtown still finds kids licking lollipops and old married couples holding hands. |
Books by Author
 A Daddy for ChristmasYoung widow Julie Melitto's ten-year-old daughter Laney needs a daddy. When Nick Carbone unexpectedly throws a monkey wrench into Julie's well-ordered life, she must choose between following her head or following her heart. |
 The Rabbi and Mrs. GoldsteinA rabbi's wife accepts Yeshua as the Messiah and faces divorce, danger, and death. |
 The Captain and Mrs. VyeLoretta Vye is happy and secure in her arranged marriage to Edward Vye. But when tragedy strikes and her world suddenly falls apart, she must face who she truly is. |
 Dixie Randolph and the Secret of Seabury BeachWhen twelve-year-old Dixie Randolph learns of a stolen, hidden treasure that spawned a family feud nearly two hundred years earlier, she faces the wrath of the thief's great-great-grandson as she risks her life to end the family feud. |
 Miracle in MilanWhen a young, female auditor discovers evidence that the man she loves is an embezzler, she must choose between ruining herself or ruining him. Amy Torelli, Chief Auditor for New York City-based Enson Pharmaceuticals, is assigned to audit the books of Enson's Italian branch in the enchanting city of… |
 Penelope Pumpernickel: Precocious Problem-SolverEight-year-old Penelope Pumpernickel--Penny, for short--has run into a big problem. His name is Grandville Ungerleider--Grandy, for short. Grandy wants to be Penny's friend, but he has a strange way of letting her know. Maybe his father's recent death has something to do with it. Penny's best-friend-forever,… |
 IN BLACK AND WHITEA white woman. A black man. And their forbidden love. Can endurance and faith sustain the love between a white woman and a black man, threatened by rejection, guilt, and racial injustice? Can love alone reconcile their starkly different worlds, lighting the way to a bright future together? When graduate… |
 POEMS FOR WEE ONESPOEMS FOR WEE ONES will delight the young child in your life with its lilting verses and its charming illustrations. Studies have shown that reading poetry to children contributes to their healthful emotional development. POEMS FOR WEE ONES will definitely bless your child's soul and warm your child's… |
 RETURN TO BELLA TERRA (The Italian Chronicles-Book 3)A mother, her son , and the man who threatens to come between them . . . When she receives word that her mother is terminally ill, Maria Landro Tonetta travels to her Sicilian homeland with her son Nico. She finds herself yearning for the life she once knew as a child on Bella Terra, the family farm,… |
 THE DANDELION PATCHWhen Yolanda Riggins discovers that the government plans to build a new highway through her beloved dandelion patch, she rises up in protest and asserts her God-given right to private ownership of property. Will she succeed against all odds to save her dandelion patch? Will tact, truth, and tough love… |
 A SICILIAN FAREWELL (The Italian Chronicles-Book 2)A young man, a new land, and a dream that threatens to destroy him, his marriage, and his family . . . |
 THE MADONNA OF PISANO (The Italian Chronicles-Book 1)A young woman, a priest, and a secret that keeps them bitterly bound to each other . . . |
 CANDLE LOVEKeisha has a new baby sister. Tamara's arrival has triggered fear and jealousy in Keisha. She fears that Mama will love Tamara more than Mama loves Keisha. But when Mama uses three special candles to demonstrate what love is, Keisha learns that there is always enough love to go around. |
 TOBY TOO SMALLToby Michaels is small. Too small to be of much good to anyone. lthough he tries and tries to prove himself, no one believes him. Toby starts doubting himself until one day, he discovers that it's not how big you are on the outside that matters; it's how big you are on the inside. |
 SURRENDER TO LOVEWhen young widow and life coach Dr. Teresa Lopez Gonzalez goes to Puerto Rico to coach Pilar Sanchez, the granddaughter of her mother’s best childhood friend, Teresa comes face-to-face with her own unwillingness to surrender to God's will for her life. In the process, she learns that only by losing… |
 DO ANGELS RIDE PONIES?A handicapped boy discovers the power of faith to achieve the impossible. |
 WHO IS JESUS?WHO IS JESUS? presents a biblical picture of our Savior in a way that will help your child recognize Him as Love Personified. Little children will come to know Jesus as the essence of all that is good, holy, and true. As you read this book to your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students,… |
 A CHRISTMAS HOMECOMINGWhen Sonia Pettit's teenage daughter suddenly disappears for seven long years, Sonia faces losing her mind, her husband, and her son as she struggles to forgive her wa yward daughter and trust God for her return. |