Marsia Selini Caruso is a young and ambitious young woman growing up in the dirty thirties and fightin' forties. Her father, Riccardo Caruso, is the boss of one of the smallest crime families in America. Against all customs and traditions, Marsia becomes consigliere of the Caruso Family. When she meets Michael Corleone, a man who just so happens to be involved in one of the most powerful organized crime groups, what will the future of the two families- and the two people- turn out to be?