author : Beate BoekerBeate Boeker is a USA Today bestselling author with a passion for books that brim over with mischief \u0026amp; humor. She writes cozy mysteries and sweet sophisticated romantic fiction, many of them set in beautiful Italy.\n\nBeate's first novel was published in 2008 by Avalon Books. In the meantime, her work was shortlisted for the Golden Quill Contest, the National Readers' Choice Award, the \