The world had not ended with the rollover of the Mayan Calendar on December 21, 2012. Rosemarian Santomena-Shard, along with her young niece Elena Xharra and Rosemarian's friends, had defeated the evil Il Patriarca on that sacred day. However, the feisty middle-aged woman slipped into a spiritual funk in the new year. Elena and the mystical Abyssinian cat Bit of Nothing now resided with the elderly wise woman Fatima Theodora at her rural cottage. Since his return to The Rectory in Lexington, Kentucky, the stylish innkeeper Augustus Cavalieri had not given her the courtesy of a phone call. Even her deceased husband had deserted her dreams. Loneliness replaced solitude. But on her 58th birthday, everything changed. Il Patriarca struck from beyond the grave. Now, Rosemarian and Augustus must journey to Sicily to seek the aid of the mysterious and beautiful La Donna to save themselves. A Star Rose in Cerami is an urban metaphysical novel born of the National Novel Writing Month of 2011 and is the sequel to Coffee with Thunderbolts.