Award-winning author Gina Iafrate has announced that the ebook version of her romantic fiction novel, The English Professor, will be available at no charge on October 19 and 20, 2026. The free promotion takes place exclusively at Amazon, where the book can be downloaded via Iafrate's Amazon author page. This limited-time offer is significant for readers who enjoy sweeping family sagas and for the author, as it provides a risk-free entry point to her growing body of work.
The English Professor follows Andrew Robertson, an introverted, middle-aged professor who leaves his unremarkable London life for Sicily. There, in a sensuous Mediterranean setting, he develops a burning infatuation for another man's wife, Francesca. Their union results in a child, but Andrew must return to London while Francesca must protect herself and their child from the violent reach of her husband. The novel is the first in Iafrate's Strong Women series, which also includes The Professor's Daughter, Love and Betrayal, The Girl From The Cornfield, and Bestowed By Love And Splendour.
The free ebook promotion matters because it lowers the barrier for new readers to discover Iafrate's work and to follow the series chronologically. The Professor's Daughter continues the story with Gracy Robertson, the love child of Andrew and Francesca, who is taken from her dying mother and raised in hiding by her devastated father. After the mobsters who killed her mother are no longer a threat, Gracy and her father return to the place where her parents' passion began, but the professor's life journey soon ends, leaving Gracy to overcome heartache and find love across the ocean. Love and Betrayal, the third book, follows Gracy into married life, where her husband Alvaro's unfaithfulness brings catastrophic consequences influenced by greed, jealousy, and revenge, ultimately testing her courage and leading her to find love and peace once more.
Iafrate is known for writing sweeping family sagas that allow readers to travel the globe without leaving home. Her books are layered like fine pieces of music, providing intricately formed mental images punctuated by dramatic movements. In the tradition of writers like Nicholas Sparks and John Grisham, her story lines reveal the richness of the human experience through finely drawn characters. Nearly all of her novels involve rich and tactile descriptions of exotic places, placing the reader in the very midst of those locales. The Strong Women series features characters who overcome staggering odds and emerge from overwhelming circumstances to build lives that can serve as models for women everywhere.
Beyond the Strong Women series, Iafrate is the author of Releases From My Soul, a collection of anthologies combining true stories, adventures, and experiences from her life with poems drawn from the depth of her soul. Some of the factual novellas were drawn directly from her life experiences, events, and travel, while others were drawn purely from imagination. She is currently working on her seventh novel, The Shoeless Boy. A resident of Niagara, Ontario, and Hollywood, Florida, Iafrate has been featured in local publications such as the Niagara News. Her works have been exhibited at The Pier 21 Museum in Halifax and in Phoenix Magazine, The Horizon, and Author's Voice. She is a 2016 Book Excellence Award Finalist and has appeared at the annual Writers Forum, Niagara Area Artists, and numerous libraries and book clubs. More information about her books is available at her website.
The October 19-20 giveaway of The English Professor comes at a time when readers are increasingly seeking immersive, emotionally resonant fiction. By offering the first book in the Strong Women series for free, Iafrate and her publisher are positioning the series for broader discovery, potentially leading to increased sales of the subsequent novels. For readers who appreciate romantic fiction with strong female protagonists and vivid international settings, the promotion represents an opportunity to begin a multi-generational saga without any initial cost. The free ebook will be available only on those two days, making the announcement time-sensitive for anyone interested in exploring Iafrate's award-winning storytelling.
