Download or read book Vito D Angelo Dark Mafia Romance written by Alessa Steel and published by XSN. This book was released on 2024-08-02 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veiled in shadows, she stalks the night, her identity concealed behind a mask. The Black Shadow, a deadly assassin feared by all who cross her path. With a cold, calculating gaze and a heart hardened by a lifetime of pain and betrayal, she is an enigma - a merciless killer with an untraceable reputation. But when a powerful mafia boss demands a meeting, she finds herself drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Vito D'Angelo is a man shrouded in mystery, his icy blue eyes and chiseled features promising both exquisite pleasure and untold suffering. As the head of the most ruthless crime syndicate, his very presence commands respect and instills terror. Drawn to each other's darkness, an intense and forbidden attraction ignites. As they engage in a sensual dance of dominance and submission, neither can deny the addictive pull between them. But with deadly rivals and unforgiving enemies at every turn, surrendering to this feeling could prove not only dangerous...but fatal. Can the Black Shadow let down her guard long enough to trust the Mafia King?

Download or read book Luca D Angelo Dark Mafia Romance written by Alessa Steel and published by XSN. This book was released on 2024-08-02 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She is a fragile, broken beauty, haunted by a past she can't escape. Mia Beaumont is a pawn in the ruthless world of the mafia, thrust into the domain of the most dangerous man she's ever known. Luca D'Angelo is the mafia king, a savage predator who bows to no one. Hardened by a lifetime of betrayal, he trusts no one, feeling nothing but a relentless thirst for power and control. Until Mia crosses his path, awakening a dark, consuming desire he thought himself incapable of. Though haunted by a shattered past, she is irresistibly drawn to the man who holds her life in his powerful hands. When an old enemy emerges with a thirst for revenge, Mia and Luca are forced to navigate a treacherous maze of betrayal and bloodshed. With their very survival at stake, they must confront the darkness consuming them.

Download or read book Heart of Secrets Dark Mafia Romance written by Alessa Steel and published by XSN. This book was released on 2024-09-21 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beaten, broken, and discarded - that was Serena's life for so long. Trapped in a nightmare of abuse and suffering, she had resigned herself to an early grave. But fate had other plans. Plucked from the shadows, she found herself thrust into a world of power, wealth, and danger - a family of notorious mafia dons who offered her a chance at a new life. Serena thought she had finally escaped her haunted past, but fate has other plans. Now she finds herself torn between the safety of shadows and the burning passion of a man who sees through her carefully constructed walls. Alexei is darkness incarnate - a powerful mafia king with blood on his hands and ice in his veins. But when it comes to Serena, his control shatters. She awakens something primal within him, a possessive need that threatens to consume them both. As enemies close in from all sides, Serena and her dangerous lover must face impossible odds to survive. Family secrets, betrayal, and a looming threat push them to their limits. In a world where trust is a luxury and love is a weakness, can their fragile bond withstand the storm? This explosive finale brings the "Empire of Blood" saga to its stunning conclusion. When passion collides with duty and darkness threatens to eclipse the light, Serena must decide if she's willing to risk everything for a love that defies all boundaries. This is Book 3 of the Empire of Blood series. Book 1, Veil of Secrets and Book 2, Web of Secrets are recommended to be read first.

Download or read book Silent Fury Dark Mafia Romance written by Alessa Steel and published by XSN. This book was released on 2024-10-25 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running from hell isnʼt easy. Especially when someoneʼs dragging you back down into it. Belligerent, brash and always in shades of black, Ivana is hardly a lady. Hidden away by her father, sheʼs lived a normal life despite being born into the dark waters of New Yorkʼs underworld. Heʼs cold, cruel and calculating, with a proclivity for destruction. Feared by even Made Men, Vasco is the boss of the stateʼs most leachorous crime syndicate. Ivana hates his crudity and possessiveness, but she canʼt deny the way her breath hitches at his rough touch, the deep timbre of his voice, and his dark, heated gaze. Vasco hates her disobedience, her recklessness, and her chaos. To him, sheʼs only something to be tamed. And after he slips a ring on her hand, snatching away her future, she makes only one vow---to become his biggest torment.

Download or read book Web of Secrets Dark Mafia Romance written by Alessa Steel and published by XSN. This book was released on 2024-09-21 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serena Fiori has finally found a sense of belonging within her newfound mafia family, yet the darkness of her past continues to haunt her. Navigating the world of the Italian underworld, the young beauty is determined to break free from the chains of her traumatic past and embrace the protection offered by her powerful brothers. However, her newfound happiness is threatened when a chance reunion sparks a dangerous obsession from a man who was once her tormentor. Forced to confront her deepest fears, Serena must make a choice - succumb to the shadows, or find the strength to fight back with the aid of the one man who burns for her completely. Enter the ruthless Alexei Volkov, heir to the Russian Bratva. Alexei is a man driven by primal, possessive instincts - he will stop at nothing to shield Serena from. With an iron will and a body honed for dominance, he'll crush anyone who dares to stand between him and the captivating woman who has ensnared his blackened heart. As the Fiori and Volkov families join forces to eliminate the sinister forces closing in, Serena finds herself caught in a deadly game of power, passion and retribution. Can she trust Alexei to be her champion, or will the emerging secrets and lies tear her world apart once more? This is Book 2 of the Empire of Blood series. Book 1, Veil of Secrets, is recommended to be read first.

Download or read book Veil of Secrets Dark Mafia Romance written by Alessa Steel and published by XSN. This book was released on 2024-09-21 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serena had spent her entire life feeling like an outsider, never knowing the truth about her family's dark legacy. Raised in the shadows by an abusive stepfather, she was unaware of the powerful crime syndicate that claimed her as its own. That all changes when a chance encounter brings her face-to-face with the infamous Fiori family - her biological relatives. Thrust into their world of luxury, danger and well-guarded secrets, Serena must navigate the deceitful halls of the Italian mafia to uncover the truth about her past. As she grows closer to her newfound brothers and her new life, Serena finds herself irresistibly drawn to Alexei Volkov - the dangerously tempting heir to the Russian Bratva. He promises Serena the answers she craves, but at what cost? Serena becomes entangled in a web of lies, betrayal and deadly ambition. Someone is out to destroy the Fiori empire, and they'll use Serena as the perfect pawn. In a race against time, Serena must unravel the explosive secrets of her lineage before the dark forces closing in tear her new family apart. With her own life on the line, she must decide who she can trust - and what she's willing to sacrifice - to finally belong. This is the Book 1 of the Empire of Blood series. It can be read as an Standalone.

Download or read book House of Shadows Dark Mafia Romance written by Alessa Steel and published by XSN. This book was released on 2024-09-19 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aitor Serrano is a man consumed by darkness — a ruthless leader of the Mexican Cartel who craves only power, control, and the respect that comes from fear. He’s a man without mercy, where love is weakness and violence is survival. To secure his empire, he makes a deal with the devil himself, Don Carlo, binding his future to the mafia king’s precious daughter in a marriage of convenience. Adeline Marchesi is everything Aitor is not. Gentle, sweet, and full of light, she escapes into her books, her world far removed from the blood-soaked violence that surrounds her father. But when she’s forced into a union with the most feared man in the cartel world, she finds herself trapped in a nightmare she can’t read her way out of. Aitor expected a fragile girl, easy to break. But Adeline’s fiery spirit begins to haunt him. What happens when he realizes he can’t stop thinking about the green eyed beauty who's bewitched him? Will her light be able to save the man damned to Hell or will his darkness be too much for her sweet soul?

Download or read book Vice Virtue Dark Mafia Romance written by Alessa Steel and published by XSN. This book was released on 2024-09-18 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nyra Thorn is a stripper turned blossoming businesswomen. She clawed her way to the top, building a criminal empire through cunning, seduction, and merciless violence. Nyra doesn't believe in second chances, you're either with her or against her. She doesn't like obstacles and whoever does get in her way doesn't live to tell the tale. Her priorities are her dancers, establishments, and her three Dobermans. Asher Cole is a former detective haunted by the death of his partner. After losing him in suspicious circumstances, goes on a vendetta against the person he believes killed Mason. Nyra Thorn. Of course no one believes the drop-dead gorgeous woman who's face is plastered on every fashion and business magazine. So what happens when no one wants to partner up with Cole? He goes in alone and unprotected. The tension between the two is charged and explosive. A few hookups here and there turn intimate, deeper, until both of them are contemplating their plans. Whatever he thinks he knows about Nyra is a lie. But when the truth is revealed to all, would it be too late for them to be together? Most importantly, will Nyra let Asher get away....alive?

Download or read book Gangster written by Lorenzo Carcaterra and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2002-07-30 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love. Violence. Destiny. These powerful themes ricochet through Lorenzo Carcaterra’s new novel like bullets from a machine gun. In Gangster, he surpasses even his bestselling Sleepers to create a brutal and brilliant American saga of murder, forgiveness, and redemption. Born in the midst of tragedy and violence and raised in the shadow of a shocking secret, young Angelo Vestieri chooses to flee both his past and his father to seek a second family—the criminals who preside over early 20th century New York. In his bloody rise from soldier to mob boss, he encounters ever more barbaric betrayals—in friendship, in his brutal business, in love—yet simultaneously comes to understand the meaning of loyalty, the virtue of relationships, and gains a perspective on the lonely, if powerful, life he has chosen. As the years pass, as enemies are made and defeated, as wars are fought and won, the old don meets an abandoned boy who needs a parent as much as protection. By taking Gabe under his wing and teaching him everything he knows, Angelo Vestieri will learn, in the winter of his life, which is greater: his love for the boy he cherishes, or his need to be a gangster and to live by the savage rules he helped create. A sweeping panoramic with riveting characters, a unique understanding of the underworld philosophy, and a relentless pace, Gangster travels through the time of godfathers and goodfellas to our own world of suburban Sopranos. But this is more than just an authentic chronicle of crime. Setting a new standard for this acclaimed author, Gangster is a compassionate portrait of one man's fight against his fate—and an unforgettable epic of a family, a city, a century.

Download or read book Mob Daughter written by Karen Gravano and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Karen Gravano, a star of the hit VH1 reality show Mob Wives, comes a revealing memoir of a mafia childhood, where love and family come hand-in-hand with murder and betrayal. Karen Gravano is the daughter of Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, once one of the mafia's most feared hit men. With nineteen confessed murders, the former Gambino Crime Family underboss—and John Gotti's right-hand man—is the highest ranking gangster ever to turn State's evidence and testify against members of his high-profile crime family. But to Karen, Sammy Gravano was a sometimes elusive but always loving father figure. He was ever-present at the head of the dinner table. He made a living running a construction firm and several nightclubs. He stayed out late, and sometimes he didn't come home at all. He hosted "secret" meetings at their house, and had countless whispered conversations with "business associates." By the age of twelve, Karen knew he was a gangster. And as she grew up, while her peers worried about clothes and schoolwork, she was coming face-to-face with crime and murder. Gravano was nineteen years old when her father turned his back on the mob and cooperated with the Feds. The fabric of her family was ripped apart, and they were instantly rejected by the communities they grew up in. This is the story of a daughter's struggle to reconcile the image of her loving father with that of a murdering Mafioso, and how, in healing the rift between the two, she was able to forge a new life.

Download or read book Corrupted Angel written by Nicole Fox and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I found my angel. Then I broke her wings. Alexis should've never set foot in my world. Men like me stain girls like her. We take their innocence and tear it to shreds. She thinks she's tough. She thinks she can handle me. But she doesn't know just how deep my darkness goes. It was for the best that I claimed her for a night and left her behind. Anything more than that would have been cruel. I thought I'd seen the last of Alexis Wright. So imagine my surprise two years later when the door to my office opens...And she walks in. The girl I ravaged. The girl I devoured. Now that's she's in front of me again, I have just two questions for her: First--what is she doing here? And second...What does she mean, 'our baby'?" -- page 4 of cover.

Download or read book Viktor Her Russian Billionaire written by Susan Westwood and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After witnessing a murder, Alia has no choice but to run for her life. Little did she know, she was about to run into the LOVE of her life at the same time.... Handsome Russian Billionaire Viktor is working late in his office when a young but very beautiful woman named Alia turns up scared and afraid. When he hears her story he realizes she is in huge danger and he makes it his business to ensure she is safe. There really is nothing that Viktor will not do for Aliyah and it is clear that a romance will soon blossom. However, is Viktor really a man who can be trusted to keep her safe? Or is dating a Russian Billionaire something that brings along a danger of its own?

Download or read book Rage of Angels written by Sidney Sheldon and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A worldwide bestseller first published in 1980, this novel tells the story of Jennifer Parker, a successful lawyer who is loved by two men, one a politician, the other, a mafia don.

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Download or read book Chin written by Larry McShane and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true crime biography chronicles the life of the so-called “Oddfather” who ran a powerful NYC crime family while playing crazy to avoid prosecution. Vincent “Chin” Gigante was a professional boxer before discovering his true calling as a ruthless contract killer. When Vito Genovese went to prison, he picked Gigante to run the Genovese crime family in his absence. While raking in more than one hundred million for the family, he routinely ordered the murders of mobsters who violated the Mafia code—including John Gotti. At the height of Gigante's reign, the Genovese Family was the most powerful in the United States. And yet he was, to all outside appearances, certifiably crazy. He wandered the streets of Greenwich Village in a ratty bathrobe and slippers. He urinated in public, played pinochle in storefronts, and hid a second family from his wife. On twenty-two occasions, Gigante admitted himself to a mental hospital—evading criminal prosecution while maintaining his nefarious operations. It took nearly thirty years of endless psychiatric evaluations by a parade of puzzled doctors for federal authorities to finally bring him down.

Download or read book Italian Crime Filmography 1968 1980 written by Roberto Curti and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1970s Italy, after the decline of the Spaghetti Western, crime films became the most popular, profitable and controversial genre. In a country plagued with violence, political tensions and armed struggle, these films managed to capture the anxiety and anger of the times in their tales of tough cops, ruthless criminals and urban paranoia. Recent years have seen renewed critical interest in the genre, thanks in part to such illustrious fans as Quentin Tarantino. This book examines all of the 220+ crime films produced in Italy between 1968 and 1980, the period when the genre first appeared and grew to its peak. Entries include a complete cast and crew list, home video releases, a plot summary and the author's own analysis. Excerpts from a variety of sources are included: academic texts, contemporary reviews, and interviews with filmmakers, scriptwriters and actors. There are many onset stills and film posters.

Download or read book An Offer We Can t Refuse written by George De Stefano and published by Faber & Faber/Farrar, Straus, Giroux. This book was released on 2007-01-23 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mafia has maintained an enduring hold on the American cultural imagination--even as it continues to wrongly color our real-life perception of Italian Americans. Journalist and cultural critic De Stefano takes a look at the origins and prevalence of the Mafia mythos in America. Beginning with a consideration of Italian emigration in the early twentieth century and the fear and prejudice--among both Americans and Italians--that informed our earliest conception of what was the largest immigrant group to enter the United States, De Stefano explores how these impressions laid the groundwork for the images so familiar to us today and uses them to illuminate and explore the variety and allure of Mafia stories. At the same time, he addresses the lingering power of the goodfella cliché, which makes it all but impossible to green-light a project about the Italian American experience not set in gangland.--From publisher description.