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Meet the Carfano Crime Family, strong alpha males who each have their own story to tell as well as issues that they are dealing with. Stand by as they discover that maybe, just maybe they have a heart hidden deep inside of them and how they will do everything they can to protect that special person who walks into their life.
The Carfano Crime Family Series by Rebecca Gannon
Casino King (Carfano Crime Family Book 1)
Every week he sits at the same table, half in the shadows, watching me. Raw power rolls off of him in waves, and because of him, I dance better than I ever have before.
Tessa has always loved to dance, with her childhood filled with memories of dance rehearsals, shows etc. Something her brother pushed for her to continue after their parents were killed. Working hard to pay for everything for her until he was killed in the street one day. Now Tessa is working three jobs to keep herself afloat whilst still managing to dance. Gaining a place in the Friday night show at Ace Casino in Atlantic City. With a secret admirer leaving her black roses and gifts after the show.
Finding himself watching the show one Friday in his casino, Alec is drawn to Tessa. Seeing her pain and hardship beneath the dance she puts on for his patrons. Placing a security detail on her behind her back proves necessary when she is attacked in the car park leaving after a show. Meeting for the first time it is obvious that there is more than a fizzle between them.
Alone in the world, Tessa is reluctant to lean on anyone else and after a childhood like Alec’s, he doesn’t feel capable of love. Yet somehow they work well together, but secrets and former lovers stand in their way. Are they able to overcome these challenges?
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The Boss (Carfano Crime Family Book 2)
Leo Carfano was my everything. Until I woke up one day and he was gone, leaving me with three parting words written on a piece of paper that have haunted me for the past five years.
Five years ago the man Abrianna had been dating up and left one morning. Leaving her a note to say that their time together was up. Ghosting her, she fell into a deep depression only held together by her friends Sam and Shelby alongside the work she does for her family’s foundation. Whilst celebrating Shelby’s birthday in Atlantic City they are invited into the VIP section of the club. When her past suddenly comes back to haunt her.
Leo never wanted to walk away from Abrianna but his family needed him to step up and fill his father’s shoes as head of the Carfano crime family. Hoping that removing himself from her life would keep her out of harm’s way. But now that he has seen her in person again he is willing to move heaven and earth to be with her again. Whilst the timing might not be right he can’t lose her for a second time.
The course of true love never does run smoothly, especially when you’re dating a mafia don. However, it turns out that his connections can be quite useful when all is not as it appears with her family’s foundation.
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Vengeance (Carfano Crime Family Book 3)
I’ve been a captive my entire life behind the walls of my family’s making.
And while the walls have kept me in, they didn’t keep the monsters out.
For five long years, Luca and his family have been systematically destroying the Cicariello legacy. Following the death/murder of his father and his uncle, they have been biding their time to capture the person responsible and make him pay. The mission to the Long Island home was a simple one, get in, grab him, and get out again. But spotting a light under a door leads to Luca discovering Angela Cicariello hidden away from the world. Taking her as leverage he finds himself settling her into his apartment rather than the basement.
Stolen away in the night Angela isn’t sure what to make of her current situation. Swapping one guided cage for another – although there is no denying that Luca is easy on the eyes. Feeling a connection between them they are pulled together despite it being against what his family wants and her better judgement. Getting her hopes up about a potential future between them is whipped away when she is told she is to be handed back to her brothers.
There is something about Angela that brings out Luca’s protective nature. Seeing the hurt n her eyes and the nightmares she experiences he wants to hurt those who hurt her. Finding out about her past traumas he is on a mission to rid the world of those despicable people. But as much as Angela wants Luca, she needs to be free not locked away from the world, can Luca let her go?
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Executioner (Carfano Crime Family Book 4)
They call me The Executioner. I’m feared by everyone.
Except her. At least, not anymore.
As the only daughter in the Carfano crime family, Katarina has always known that her role would be to marry into another family to strengthen bonds and increase power/wealth. At 22 years old she has been able to stay at home with her mom after her father’s death. Freedom is not a luxury for her so has completed her degree online and kept herself out of the spotlight – especially as her three older brothers have had a turbulent time. One constant in her life alongside her immediate family has been Dante, aka The Executioner who was taken in by her father when she was just six years old.
For years Dante has watched Katarina from afar, sworn to stay away from her by her father. Although she was initially frightened of him when he joined the Carfano crime family at 13, over the years she has warmed to him. It was only as she got older that he realised his feelings for her but he has waited until she was ready to make the first move. Listening to her brothers discuss the plans for her arranged marriage has him clenching his fists and realising that there is no way she is going to marry anyone else but him.
Kat is dumbfounded to discover her brothers are setting her up with an arranged marriage, despite them being able to make their own love matches. Realising her feelings for ante, she makes them known to him, although he keeps a little distance between them. Turning to him when there is an incident when Dante decides enough is enough he wants to claim her – no matter the consequences.
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