LINDA CARDILLO
Stories of the search for connection and belonging
Izzy’s Story Comes to the Page!
A PLACE OF REFUGE
Book Four of First Light
She only remembers dying.
A story of longing, forgiveness, and the healing power of love.
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Winner!
Chatelaine Award Finalist in Romance Fiction
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Finalist for INDIES Book of the Year
The brilliant poet, Vittoria Colonna, whose longing is buried beneath her grief, ignites the spirit of the artist Michelangelo and challenges him with both the profound terror and fierce beauty of love.
Chaucer Book Awards
in Pre-1750s Historical Fiction
First Place
NYC Big Book Award
Winner in Historical Fiction
PRAISE FOR LOVE THAT MOVES THE SUN
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The Boat House Cafe won First Prize in 20th-Century Fiction in the Goethe Award for Historical Fiction
THE FIRST LIGHT SERIES
Some come here to heal; others to hide.
Above a crumbling sea wall on the isolated northern tip of Chappaquiddick Island sits a weathered cottage that gives shelter to two families over the course of 75 years. They come there to bury secrets; to mourn; to grow; and to reconcile.
Each generation finds its own answers on the windswept moors of the island and in the wisdom and love of the Wampanoag—the ancient people who first called the island home and whose name means “People of the First Light.”
COME SIT AT MY TABLE
The preparation and eating of food is a constant theme in my books. Take a look and see what my characters—and my family—prepare to nurture and nourish those they love.
From my cookbook full of nostalgia and recipes I remember from my grandmother’s kitchen, to the meals prepared in the First Light Trilogy, enjoy a deeper connection with the characters and stories through food.
