Simply a Smile is collection of short stories that includes historical fiction, romances, mysteries and stories about families. What each tale has in common is that each was inspired by a piece of art or a simple object such a shell, a recipe, and even an historical marker. These stories are meant to be simple reading pleasures that will leave you, the reader, with a smile. Joan Leotta lives and writes in Calabash, North Carolina. Quotes "Wonderful stories I can see why Joan wins so many awards. She is an excellent writer-and so creative." --JoAnn Matthews, North Carolina Press Club Secretary and Sun News, feature writer (Myrtle Beach, S.C.

) "Joan Leotta's versatile talent shines through in these stories. Poet, novelist, storyteller, historian-Joan uses her gifts to entertain, challenge, and amuse. Readers spend their time well when they spend it with Joan. My special favorites are her mysteries and historical fiction. Delving back into time, Joan unearths secrets that will leave you saying, "Wow How did she think of that?" --Dr. Edith A. Edwards, CCC-SLP, Educator and Author.