Amy Bizzarri
Amy Bizzarri is a Chicago-based writer who lives ina 122-year-old home built in 1900. She has written four books focused on Chicago history, but her experiences don’t stop there. She’s a teacher, tour guide, and certified wine expert. If Amy isn’t home baking or curled up on the sofa reading a book with her dog, Gizmo, and cat, Tigey Boy, she’s likely traveling the world: She has come face to face with gorillas while hiking the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, helped build a school in Mali, traveled the length of Route 66, from Chicago to Santa Monica with her two kids, and is a proud mermaid graduate of the Weeki Wachee Mermaid School in Florida. Follow Amy as she wanders the world at instagram.com/amybizzarri
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A Very Cozy Cat Lady Christmas
Between mischievous cats and a Christmas theft, the Bocchetta family winery is anything but quiet.
When Chicago elementary school teacher Chiara Bocchetta heads home to Carlinville, Illinois, for Christmas at her family’s winery, she’s expecting her mother’s chocolate pistachio biscotti, overflowing bowls of pasta, and enough sparkling prosecco to survive her loud Italian relatives. What she’s not expecting is theft.
Just days before Christmas, someone steals the Bocchetta family’s original vine grafts—an irreplaceable piece of the winery’s history—along with a priceless medieval chalice hidden deep inside the estate’s wine cave grotto. If the items aren’t recovered before the winery’s annual Christmas celebration, the scandal could threaten a legacy generations of Bocchettas sacrificed to build.
With kittens underfoot, family tempers bubbling over, and holiday chaos sweeping through the winery, Chiara is determined to uncover the truth before Christmas Eve arrives. But in a small town filled with old secrets, curious neighbors, and nonstop family opinions, finding the thief may be harder than she imagined.
Filled with cozy holiday charm, wine-country atmosphere, mischievous cats, and beloved family traditions, A Very Cozy Cat Lady Christmas is a heartwarming Christmas mystery about legacy, belonging, and finding your way home.
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