On this Valentine's Day episode, learn two important elements that writers often leave out when writing a love scene that will enhance them!

The audiobook is 50% off now through February 28th!

As Thanksgiving approaches, I want to thank you with this early Black Friday sale!

Listen to a snippet of chapter 17, "La Dolce Vita," which takes place at the Trevi Fountain!

Escape to Italy this summer with these seven new books.

Will there be a sequel to A Recipe from Rome? How did visiting Italy affect my cooking skills? Pizza... for dessert? Listen for all the fun!

Exclusive first listen to A Recipe from Rome on audiobook! Check out this clip from chapter four as April and Simon fly to the eternal city.

Last fall, A Recipe from Rome readers helped shelter pets just by buying a copy of my book. I think it's time we do it again!

I am donating 50% of the sales this month from my book 'A Recipe from Rome' to the Evanston Animal Shelter. Grab your copy to help animals!

The reviews are pouring in with resounding praise! See what readers are saying about 'A Recipe from Rome.'

Here's how you can pre-order your copy of A Recipe from Rome!

After three-and-a-half years of writing, 'A Recipe from Rome' finally has a release date. Mark your calendars for...

The cover art for my debut novel A Recipe from Rome is finished!

On the podcast A Writer in Italy, we discuss the books set in Italy that have influenced my own novel "A Recipe from Rome"

Laura talks with Triptastic Podcast host Tia about her time in Rome, which inspired her debut novel A Recipe from Rome.

One can't write a novel titled A Recipe from Rome and not include recipes! Let me whet your appetite with a preview of 5 recipes in the book

The characters in my book "A Recipe from Rome" were inspired by the people who visited Italy with me three years ago.

Laura Botten chooses three books with different destinations on this episode of the Literary Escapes podcast. Click here to listen!

We were back in the Midwest where the only way to get quality olive oil is to have it imported. But mentally, I was still in Rome.