As a seasoned New York City news reporter, Lisa Fantino has seen the world and is not shocked by much. Yet, when her world is tragically altered, Lisa realizes the brevity of life makes the urgency to explore her own dreams all the more pressing.

So, with the burning desire to be raptured, she sets forth to the land of her DNA to explore the myth of the Italian lover. She journeys to the romantic hills of the Amalfi Coast, mysterious Rome and ethereal Venice. Researching un bacione at a time, Lisa learns what lies beneath the Latin facade. Lust mixes with love; friendship mixes with family; and Italian is charmingly mixed with English. Mamma mia!

Along the way life's lessons are sprinkled with pasta, passion & molta pazienza, in the humorous true story of an expat in Sorrento. Hop on board as Lisa discovers that true happiness lies within. . . while rapture, on the other hand, lies with tall, dark and OMG!