Loved it! This is a story about two people, who for very different reasons, felt unseen by those who were supposed to love them, care for them; as if they were only good for one thing and their desires, dreams didn't matter. But they will come to 'see' each other, and together, their dreams will be fulfilled.
At 36 Carlo Rossi is the youngest in his mafia family. His oldest brother, Renzo is the don; Carlo is the muscle, the one they call when someone needs a lesson or when enemies need to be found and questioned or unalived. He loves his family and will do anything for them, but he has some deep seated issues with how they see him.
Stepdaughter to Orsino, another mafia don in their town, twenty-one year old Alana has no clue who she is or what she wants. Orsino's old school and the older she got, the tighter the reigns...not allowed friends, never allowed to go anywhere alone, no college; she was lucky to graduate high school. Chief caretaker and babysitter for her half brother since she was twelve, it was the only use Orsino had for a stepdaughter he never wanted...until now when she's been ordered to marry Carlo to form an alliance with the Rossi mafia family.
Mama's no help because she's always forced her to do Orsino's bidding for fear of losing her liifestyle. She sneaks out of the house and goes to Carlo's strip club hoping to meet him and get his helpnin getting out of this arrangement. But things don't go as planned when his club manager mistakes her for a new stripper. Sometimes Alana can be impetous and what ensues is too funny.
Carlo doesn't want this marriage either. He thinks she's beautiful and is intrigued, but with 15 years between them, he thinks she's too young. He takes pity on her and agrees to talk to his brother, though he knows it will do no good...he is the only brother unmarried and this alliance is needed and in the end, he will do what's needed.
I love how Carlo understands her, how he's so patient with her and does his best to make things easier for her. I love how she begins to realize there's so much more to him than she originally thought; how she goes from wanting out of the marriage to realizing maybe the freedom she's always sought is right there, with him. I love the teasing and the banter between them and how they supported each other and made themselves better people for it. 5 stars.
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An arranged marriage between two mafia families will it lead to love
Alana hated being under her stepfather control she wanted to go to college her grades where great but he said no because he'd arranged a marriage to one of the brothers a capo in the Italian mafia.When her mom first married the head of an Italian family.she didn't like him but her first few years she got to have friends go over to their houses and seemed like a regular childhood but then her mom had a son for the mafia boss at first she had to get up at night and feed and change her brother then she had to watch him so they could go out.Eventually she had to take care of him all the time.No more friends no more normal life.She graduated from high school with a high GPA an wanted to go to college but was told that soon she would marry the man her step father chooses for her.When she turned twenty one she was called into her stepfathers office an told that she was to be married soon he had arranged a marriage between her and one of the brothers of a strong Italian mafia family her future husband ran several business one being a strip club so with her cousins help she got into a strip club as she sat waiting for Carlo to get there she decided shed see if she could find him but instead ran into the huge bodyguard type who ran the dancers she didn't know what to say so when he asked if she was the new girl she said yes.She kept trying to get the girls to help her so one did her make up and the next thing she knows she's shaking her but and taking her sweatshirt off and then a gorgeous guy was staring at her Carlo can't believe the guts on this chick but damn she was gorgeous he thinks he recognizes her just as she unhooked her bra and is ready to drop it he rushes the stage and puts his hands over her breasts ANF drags her off the stage.He isn't going to let his future wife let all these sleazy men see what's his. There are so many twists and turns
