LOCAL AUTHOR, KATHY ASPDEN ~ BAKLAVA, BISCOTTI AND AN IRISHMAN

From beloved local author Kathy Aspden comes "Baklava, Biscotti, and an Irishman" an instant Cape favorite. “Nothing can be done to take back that tiny millisecond when one soul recognizes another.”  Artfully weaving together three lives, three coasts and three generations, Kathy Aspden’s breathtaking debut, Baklava, Biscotti, and an Irishman is a dazzling pastiche of love, deception, acceptance, and forgiveness.Teressa and Daniel Muldaur have enjoyed a devoted, enviable marriage since falling in love in Nea Makri, Greece during Danny’s last tour of duty, nearly nineteen years ago. The good life they built far outweighs their disappointment of not being able to have children. At least that’s what Teressa told herself, right up until the moment she met Dr. Gregory Costa - a successful cardiothoracic surgeon and Italian immigrant from Boston, whose trauma-filled youth left him emotionally unwilling to risk the pain of love again. When the choices Teressa makes intersect with circumstanc