Jo Piazza Books in Order

Jo Piazza examines celebrity as a commercial industry through twelve case studies. Drawing on her entertainment reporting, she explores how fame generates revenue, how public attention acquires value, and why some personal brands thrive while others collapse.

Devastated by a breakup, Sophie returns home and recognizes her obsessive romantic behavior as a problem shared by other women. Inspired by a friend’s recovery meetings, she starts a support group that challenges their destructive patterns and her own.

Jo Piazza profiles Catholic nuns whose work challenges familiar stereotypes and powerful institutions. Their campaigns address poverty, nuclear weapons, human trafficking, and LGBTQ acceptance, revealing how religious commitment can become a force for social and political change.

Returning to her fashion magazine after an absence, editor Imogen discovers her former assistant is turning it into a digital enterprise. Technologically outmatched and professionally threatened, she must adapt quickly to protect both her staff and her career.

Ordered to lose weight or lose her job, fashion executive Janey plunges into New York’s expensive wellness culture. Extreme diets and punishing workouts expose the absurdity of the demand, forcing her to reconsider her friendship and professional worth.

During her first year of marriage, Jo Piazza travels internationally to ask how couples sustain a shared life. Advice from different cultures intersects with her own experiences of illness, unemployment, and family obligations as she explores equal partnership.

Leaving Silicon Valley to run for Senate in Pennsylvania, Charlotte expects a difficult campaign. Dirty tactics, relentless scrutiny, and strain within her marriage challenge her ambition, especially when opponents uncover a secret that could destroy more than her candidacy.

After her business and marriage unravel, Sara Marsala inherits a trip to Sicily and a troubling family mystery. Investigating her great-grandmother’s possible murder exposes old secrets and dangers that have survived into the present.

Journalist Lizzie accepts an invitation from an estranged friend who has become a famous lifestyle influencer. When her friend disappears and the woman’s husband is murdered, Lizzie investigates the secrets behind a carefully managed public image.

Simone's marriage into a wealthy white family brings comfort and complicated questions of belonging. When her journalist ex investigates a missing Black boy with connections to that family, she must confront secrets threatening her carefully built life.

Struggling American artist Emma finds work cleaning wealthy Parisians’ homes and becomes entangled with an art dealer’s family and a museum heist. Her story unfolds alongside Jo van Gogh’s efforts to preserve Vincent’s paintings and secure her son’s future.