Alliance

Hollywood allowed a glimpse into a world that many could never comprehend and the world couldn't get enough. And like a disease our word became a newfound obsession for many. But what most did not understand is that in Hollywood it's all make believe. In the real world...in my world it was a reality.

My father, Antonio Romano is one of the four head Italian Mob bosses here in New York. An original gangster if you must. There's nothing that my father doesn't have in his back pocket. As much as I would love to sugar coat our lifestyle, I'm not. Our life is full of betrays, lies and deceit. And the worst part is that it comes from your own.

Mine started before I was even born. I Sophia Elena Romano was to be married off to the first born son of Vincenzo and Maria Moretti. With one swift handshake my fate was sealed to someone I had never met but only heard rumors of. Lorenzo was cold, ruthless and cruel; earning him the nickname "The Butcher." Lorenzo makes it clear from the start that he sees me as nothing more than a business arrangement and is in no hurry to feel otherwise. With the pressure from my family to uphold and secure our families allegiance, I'm forced to find a way into the heart of someone who doesn't have one. But with the Russian, Irish and Italian Mob not getting along, Lorenzo and I will have to find a way to uphold the rules the mob live by, find common ground between us and eliminate our enemies from all sides....even if that means one of their own.