Author Description

Back in Belmont is a novel about choices. We all try to make the right ones. Yet, however much we weigh our options, there are always surprises. Deanna Danese, nicknamed Day, craves romance and adventure. But after years of searching in vain, she returns to Belmont, the Bronx neighborhood where she was born and raised. In her father's cramped apartment above his pizza restaurant, she tries to figure things out. Her old buddy, Beanie, outspoken and perpetually pregnant, challenges her to grow up and settle down, and her old beau, Bobby Leone, is ready to pick up where he and Day left off. It's all so easy; slip back in and live as you were meant to, as a good Italian daughter, wife, best friend. But all is not what it seems. Papa's restaurant is tanking; he needs Day's help. So does Beanie, who is hiding a devastating secret. And Bobby as a husband leaves much to be desired. When Day meets Native American wildlife photographer, Lakota Campbell, she is drawn to his compelling presence and tempted by his offer of a life bound only by the limits of imagination. Will she choose adventure and intoxicating freedom in Lakota's arms, or the more lasting rewards of friends and family?