Download or read book Made for the Mafia Boss written by Cameron Hart and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-16 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matteo: I don't have time for this. My men caught a spy down by the old abandoned shipyard and now I have to deal with him or else risk losing this alliance. Turns out the spy isn't a man. It's a woman. A lovely woman who says she was taking photos for her bookstagram account. Whatever that is. I can hardly take in her words, because her eyes are piercing my chest, right where my heart would be if I had one. They are crystal blue, almost transparent in this lighting. I can see fear in her clear blue irises, but also a quiet determination. This isn't the first time she's been threatened. I can't let her go. I have to protect this angel. Darlene: I was just taking pictures! I swear, I didn't know anyone else even knew about the creepy abandoned shipyard. The thugs who kidnapped me, however, don't let me defend myself before putting a bag over my head and shoving me in a car. The worst part is, they threw my books away in the dumpster. That's just rude and unnecessarily cruel. Before I know what's happening, I'm dragged into a room that smells like cedar and spice. The bag is finally removed from my head and I'm greeted with the culmination of every book boyfriend I've ever had. And apparently he's the guy in charge who gets to decide my fate. Ninety-nine percent of me is filled with abject terror. But one, teeny, tiny percent of me can't help but feel like I'm finally having an adventure of my own.
Download or read book Made Men written by Antonio Nicaso and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2013-07-05 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel The Godfather (1969) and the movie of the same name (1972) entrenched the myth of the Mafiosi as valiant knights, men of honor, and defenders of the traditional concept of family. As a result of this movie and other popular portrayals, the image of mobsters as “men of honor and tradition” has become iconic throughout America. Yet the truth of the matter belies this more noble image. The Mafia is a ruthless organization. Their concept of family is a twisted one. But viewed through the lens of popular culture, it is often difficult to separate the fiction from the reality. Made Men demystifies this image by dismantling the code of honor that Mafiosi live by, including its attendant symbols, rituals, and the lifestyle that it demands. Since the end of World War II, the Mafia in Italy and America has undergone major changes, which are charted by the authors through the present day. Nicaso and Danesi also consider all kinds of related organizations, not only the Italian ones, including the Yakuza, the Triads, and the Russian Mafia. The authors look at organized criminal culture in general, attempting to explain why its symbols, rituals, and practices continue to draw people in, both as literal members, or as consumers of the pop culture that glorifies them. This story traces and decodes the origins, history and success of the mafia in the U.S., bringing a better, and more accurate understanding of this ultimately brutal, violent, and corrupting “family business.” It is a story that has rarely been told in this way, but which is believed, nonetheless, important to tell.
Download or read book Heartless Sinner written by Erika Wilde and published by Erika Wilde. This book was released on 2023-04-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being in the mafia had its privileges. Being a capo in the Russo family had even more. When Marla came to me asking for help in avenging her brother’s death, I agreed . . . for a price. Marriage. To me. A mafia capo . . . the type of man she’d sworn off years ago. She would learn: Nothing in this life was free. And in exchange, I wanted her. Whether she could handle who I was… or not. I thought I had the upper hand, but I underestimated the woman I’d taken into my bed and planned to make my wife. It turned out when it came to taking revenge, she possessed a dark side that matched mine.
Download or read book American Mafia Chicago written by William Griffith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone knows stories about the American Mafia and its varied forms of crime, from racketeering to stock manipulation to murder. American Mafia: Chicago explores the Windy City, strolling through its neighborhoods and imagining scenes from the past—telling the stories of the men, women, and families and revealing the events behind the legends and the history of the families' beginnings and founding members. Featuring the most fascinating stories from the early days, when loosely-organized, incredibly secretive gangs terrorized neighborhoods with names like Little Hell, through the mob’s headiest years, when Al Capone and his men pretty well controlled the city, American Mafia: Chicago offers tantalizing glimpses into the era when Chicago was ruled by gangs with their ever-twisting allegiances and tangled webs of relationships. Most of the buildings are gone now. But the stories are still there, if you know where to look.
Download or read book The Gun Runner written by Scott Hildreth and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2016-08-08 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former marine turned gun runner plays a deadly game of passion with a mafia boss’s daughter in this sexy romantic thriller. Former marine Michael Tripp used to take down terrorists on the front lines. Now he’s in the business of bad—selling guns on the black market to the highest bidder. The lowlifes who tread on his turf never last long. Not even the Sicilian Mafia makes him blink. But from the first time he laid eyes on Terra, he knew there was more to life than moving merchandise. As far as Tripp is concerned, the gorgeous Mafia princess is his now . . . and no one threatens what’s his. Growing up around criminals and liars, Terra has seen plenty of trouble in her young life. Now she wants out. Unfortunately, her father has other plans. And what her father wants . . . he gets. Terra knows how dangerous Tripp is. Both his underworld reputation and her overwhelming attraction to him are reasons enough to stay away. But once her true intentions—and true identity—are known, Tripp is the only one who can save her.
Download or read book Taken As Collateral written by Piper Stone and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I thought I could leave the life behind. Then her father betrayed my father and pulled me back in. She was meant to be collateral, just a pawn in a deadly game, but she became so much more...
Download or read book Her Empire written by Kl Donn and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Award Winning Author E.M. Shue comes a new dark mafia romance written in USA Today Bestselling Author KL Donn's Mafia Made Series. Her Empire is book 2 in the Mafia Made Series. Anatonia is a killer. Until Vitaly comes for her. Now she will protect the hitman.Anatonia is the head bodyguard for the Morello Mafia. She will kill anyone that comes close to Posy for Natale Morello. It's what she was raised to do.Kill.She's one of the deadliest hitmen to come out of MI6, KGB and even survived special forces Marine training at a young age. But few know she is the niece to the head of the deadly Bocharov Russian family. That her uncle raised her to destroy the Morello's.Because she defied him, he's sent his best killer to kill her.Vitaly is the monster in the dark.He's the one the Bocharov family sends to end their enemies. He thinks he's only been sent to kill a rival family's enforcer. What he doesn't know is she is the illegitimate niece to his boss and now the woman he will do anything for.Even defy the family he's bled for. He'll protect her and help her conquer her enemies.The Bocharov Family has declared war against Anatonia, and she will end them.Can Vitaly hold the woman he was born to protect? Will Anatonia still be standing when the blood of an Empire is destroyed?
Download or read book So You Want to Be a Mobster written by John Sialiano and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mob know-it-all and popular New York City radio jock Goumba Johnny gives readers everywhere the lowdown on what it takes to be a wiseguy. Illustrated.
Download or read book Ruthless Sinner written by Erika Wilde and published by Erika Wilde. This book was released on 2023-04-30 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was supposed to be a basic undercover op. Perform in a strip club, get close to my mark, and do whatever it took to coax him into spilling family secrets. Enticing him was simple. Made men like Marco Russo were more interested in seduction than marriage. Not to mention he was dark, dangerous and easy on the eyes. Our attraction was instant. Undeniable. Establishing a relationship with him was the easy part. Enticing him to share sensitive information took more finesse. But during all those steamy nights together I learned enough to take down his family. Too bad I fell in love with him, too. I ended up with a choice: My job or the man I loved. But maybe what I decided wouldn’t matter. Because once Marco realized who I was and how I’d deceived him, he’d have a choice to make as well. To let me live… or kill me to prove his loyalty to his family. Nobody ever said life was fair.
Download or read book The Good Boss written by Scott Hildreth and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breathtaking conclusion to #1 ebook bestselling author Scott Hildreth’s Mafia Made series Tripp I never wanted to rule. But I’m not the kind of man who turns his back when family asks him to step up. With the ATF breathing down our necks, there is no room for error. Not when my familia—and my beautiful Terra—is on the line. Terra Once I hid who I am—now I must embrace it. My fiancé now sits at my father’s desk. He’s the only one who can protect this empire from being exposed and crumbling to the ground. If Michael is going to succeed, he needs me to be strong. I won’t fail him. This is our family and we will fight for it with everything we have. This book is approximately 50,000 words Read how Tripp and Terra began in The Gun Runner and The Game Changer, available now! One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise!
Download or read book Made Man Mafia written by Donald Pratt and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-14 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a ten year prison stint Money hits the streets with two objectives in mind...kill his fellow co-defendant and get money. Friends are murdered, family is torn in the midst of the madness and detectives are hot on his trail only to find out that an organized crime ring has erupted right under their noses.
Download or read book Beautiful Disaster Signed Limited Edition written by Jamie McGuire and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abby Abernathy is re-inventing herself as the good girl as she begins her freshman year at college, which is why she must resist lean, cut, and tattooed Travis Maddox, a classic bad boy.
Download or read book Mafia Made A True Story of Murder Racketeering and Drug Trafficking written by Anthony Caucci and published by Dragon Tree Books. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true and shocking crime story of the Italian Mob in Miami, the Columbian cartel's cocaine trade, corrupt feds in the 1990s...and one man's determination to keep his freedom with a code of honor-no matter what the cost.
Download or read book Made Men written by Glenn Kenny and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing look at the making of Martin Scorsese’s iconic mob movie and its enduring legacy, featuring interviews with its legendary cast. When Goodfellas first hit the theatres in 1990, a classic was born. Few could anticipate the unparalleled influence it would have on pop culture, one that would inspire future filmmakers and redefine the gangster picture as we know it today. From the rush of grotesque violence in the opening scene to the iconic hilarity of Joe Pesci’s endlessly quoted “Funny how?” shtick, it’s little wonder the film is widely regarded as a mainstay in contemporary cinema. In the first ever behind-the-scenes story of Goodfellas, film critic Glenn Kenny chronicles the making and afterlife of the film that introduced the real modern gangster. Featuring interviews with the film’s major players, including Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, Made Men shines a light on the lives and stories wrapped up in the Goodfellas universe, and why its enduring legacy has such a hold on American culture. A Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Sight and Sound Best Film Book of 2020
Download or read book Hateful Union written by Brooke Summers and published by Brooke Summers. This book was released on 2024-05-17 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hating someone while lusting after them only adds fuel to the fire. Raylee Silver’s life has been anything but ordinary. Daughter of a notorious gang leader-- she's lived a unique but sheltered life. She was never aware of how truly notorious he was. When life altering revelations and extreme grief thrusts Raylee's life into chaos. She doesn't see a way out of the darkness. She never expected to find a light-- a lifeline, especially not someone she hates. Malcolm Gallagher. Malcolm is out for one thing and one thing only revenge against the Silver gang. And he's got the perfect person to use to get what he wants. Raylee. He was never meant to fall for her. But what happens when her family finds out?
Download or read book Bloody Union written by Brooke Summers and published by Brooke Summers. This book was released on 2024-05-17 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marriages are meant to be sacred but when an arranged marriage turns bloody a war is started. Makenna Gallagher is the princess of the Irish Mafia-- but her life is anything but ordinary. On the outside she might seem like she has it all but every family has secrets and Makenna is drowning in hers. When Dante Bianchi is reunited with his wife-to-be, he's surprised. Clearly their years apart have changed her. He looks forward to uncovering what she's so desperately trying to hide. And making her his. But when their wedding ends in a gunfight, he might get his answers sooner than he thought. One Arranged Marriage. One Deadly Secret. One unstoppable force rising from the ashes of their Bloody Union to dominate the criminal underworld. Together.
Download or read book The Mafia and the Machine written by Frank Hayde and published by Barricade Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the American Mafia is not complete without a chapter on Kansas City, MO. The 'City of Fountains' has popped up in The Godfather, Casino and The Sopranos, but many aren't aware that Kansas City is key in the history of organised crime. Events unfolding in this city affected the fortunes of all the 'families' and shaped the entire underworld. In The Mafia and the Machine, author Frank Hayde ties in every major name in organised crime - Luciano, Bugsy, Lanksy - as well as the corrupt Kansas City police force.
