Muleta is a novel set in Spain in the early 80s where Camilla and Allasandro, twins who are separated as children by their uncle Alfonso, upon whom guardinship falls after their parents die in a small airplane crash. Allasandro, called Pito by his friends, a man in his early teenties, launches a notable struggle to win a matador championship in the arenas of Barcelona. Camilla is ensconced in a convent in the mountains of Catalonia from which she struggles to be released and to take her secret lover, the beautiful Bella, with her.

Baton Rouge Chronicle takes place in Louisiana during the l920's. A homesteading family down on their luck finds work on a plantation and the family rises to social acceptance. Joseph De Angelo, the chronicler, describes the complexity of his family structure through his relationship with his siblings. Paulo is handsome, immoral and arrogant, while Gino, the oldest is shy and obedient. Joseph's sisters, Julia, Cecile, Maria, and Annie are embroiled in an insufferable relationship with their father. Joseph's portrayals of events are rich with storytelling folklore as he explores a battlefield...