The story of the Lucchese family is a tale as old as time. Cast out of their village in Palermo, Sicily, this mafioso clan has secrets that have been buried for years after breaking the rigorous rules of Cosa Nostra.
For Niccolo Montanari, former Lucchese, life as the brother and underboss to the notorious leader of their criminal organization and mafia tycoon, has been one for the books.
Heinous and unmerciful, he is the one to fear the most. The scars he conveys tell the treacherous stories of a hitman and the traditional curse that has him bound to his brother's hierarchy.
With an empire threatened to be destroyed by their enemies and a past very close to exposure that may bring to the surface what lies beneath, the only thing holding this family together is pending catastrophe.
Niccolo has a plan. It requires a marriage with the damaged principessa and daughter of the barbarous leader of the Calabrian 'Ndrangeta. But is the proclaimed psycho of the family capable of showing human sentiment, or will this union fail, sending their domain to its pulverizing debacle?
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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