Dora Porcaro Media Kit
Author of steamy contemporary romance with sass, substance, and soul.
Dora Porcaro writes steamy contemporary romance full of fierce women, complicated men, explosive chemistry, and banter sharp enough to count as foreplay. Her Amore Series is set in Bormio, in the Italian Alps, and draws on her Italian roots. USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Savage called her writing “whip-smart, cinematic, and funny as hell.”
Her first career was in the legal world. She founded her own conveyancing business, built it into an award winner (Knox Leader Business Awards: Business Professional Services winner 2008, and Most Highly Recommended Business 2009), and taught communication skills at Swinburne University.
Then she did what her heroines do. She bet on herself, hung up the power suits, and started writing the steamy, emotional romance she’d been sneaking off her mum’s bookshelf since she was a girl.
Today she runs her own imprint, Porcaro Press, from Melbourne, where on any given day she’s the author, the publisher, and the entire IT department. Indie publishing is one long juggling act, and she hasn’t dropped a ball yet. Mostly. She writes full time with her muse, Alchemy, a groodle who supervises every chapter while asleep on his back with all four legs in the air. When she’s not writing, she paints kisses on canvas, swims in the bay (even in winter), eats too much pistacchio gelato, and considers Baci chocolates a legitimate love language.
Contact Information
For all media and rights enquiries: [email protected]
PO Box 300,
Kerrimuir Vic 3129
Australia
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Speaking Topics
Available for:
- Writing steamy romance with emotional depth
- Reinventing your career at any age
- Balancing business and creativity
- Turning real-life travel and culture into rich story settings
- How to write feisty, layered heroines
Book Information - The Amore Series
Amore Espresso – Out Now
Enemies to lovers in the Italian Alps. A fiery Australian tenant. A brooding billionaire landlord. One slow-burn romance steeped in banter and baggage.
Tropes: Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, he falls first, grumpy/sunshine, found family.
Tagline: One town. One chance. One love worth risking it all for.
Dolce Devotion – Out Now
An entitled billionaire. A sharp-tongued British woman. Forced to work together to save a legacy, they just might destroy each other—or fall deeply in love.
Tropes: Enemies to lovers, workplace romance, emotional walls, found family.
With Love, Limoncello – Out Now
One woman who runs from feelings. One man who lives with ghosts. One second chance they never planned.
Tropes: Second chance, small town, found family, forced proximity, healing through love.
Americano Love – Out Now
A scorching, slow-burn Winter Olympics novella. Italy’s alpine legend meets a sharp-tongued American journalist. One tiny apartment. One shrinking bed. One collision neither of them can control.
Tropes: Enemies to lovers, sports romance, forced proximity, found family, healing through love.
Christmas Amore – Coming Soon
Toni Canclini fixes everyone’s problems. Saving her hometown’s Christmas? Easy. Faking a romance with the Roman who’s selling its beloved bakery? Not part of the plan.
Tropes: Fake dating, small town, Christmas, romantic comedy.
Amore Australiano – Out Now
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A steamy best friends to lovers romance set in a ski town in the Italian Alps.
Tropes: Found family, secret lovers, he says I love you first.
Q & A
Q: You ran an award-winning conveyancing business. Why romance?
A: Honestly? I’d been reading kissing books since I was pinching them from my mum. Conveyancing taught me how to run a business and how to talk people through some of the most stressful moments of their lives. Romance is the fun version. I put two stubborn people under pressure and make them work for their happy ever after.
Q: What inspired you to write the Amore Series?
A: I wanted to offer readers pure escapism – sun-drenched towns, complicated characters, and love stories that simmer, burn, and heal. Italy is in my blood, and Bormio, in particular, felt like the perfect place to set these stories of self-discovery, tension, and found family.
Q: Your books blend steam with emotional depth – what draws you to that balance?
A: I love writing heat, but it only matters when it means something. The tension, the payoff, the longing – it’s all about characters growing into themselves and finding someone who sees them fully, flaws and all.
Q: Favourite scene to write in Amore Espresso?
A: The first kiss. Hands down. The banter before it? Delicious. But when Luca finally lets go – yes, please.
Editorial Review for Amore Espresso
If Gilmore Girls took a sexy Italian vacation, Amore Espresso would be the result – a whip-smart, laugh-out-loud, slow-burn romance that serves heart, heat, and a double shot of sass.
Francesca Pavone is the kind of heroine you want to drink prosecco with and then ride a Vespa into chaos beside. She’s fierce, funny, freshly divorced, and determined to build her dream business in the picture-perfect town of Bormio. But fate (and a meddling cousin) has other plans – plans that involve one Luca Ricci, a maddeningly polished, infuriatingly handsome Italian billionaire who could steam milk just by breathing near it.
Their meet-cute? It’s more of a meet-crash-into-your-lap fiasco that would make even the most seasoned romance reader squeal. What follows is a delicious slow burn full of razor-sharp banter, heart-melting moments, and chemistry so potent you might want to keep a fan handy. (Or a spritz. Or both.)
But this story isn’t just espresso-fueled flirtation. It’s a gorgeously layered journey of starting over, finding your people, healing old wounds, and learning to love yourself – while maybe accidentally falling for a man who smells like citrus sin and childhood dreams.
Dora Porcaro’s writing is whip-smart, cinematic, and funny as hell. Every chapter feels like a charming Italian rom-com with emotional depth, bite, and enough tension to keep your heart flip-flopping until the final page.
Amore Espresso is a triumph. Bold, brilliant, and brimming with heart – it’s the perfect blend of swoon, spice, and self-discovery.
Highly recommended for fans of:
- Enemies-to-lovers with real teeth and real tenderness
- Women reclaiming their lives and power
- Flirtation disguised as verbal warfare
- Italian settings that make you want to pack a bag and book a one-way ticket
So go ahead – pour yourself something hot, settle in, and fall in love with Amore Espresso. Just don’t blame me when you can’t stop grinning.
— Cynthia Savage, USA Today Bestselling author of Marry Your Billionaire