Dark Horse (A Mafia Story)
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The mafia can be the closest family you ever had, if you embrace it.
It can also be the shadow that follows you for a lifetime, if you attempt to exit it.
Elena Moretti learnt it the hard way the very day she quit Los Caballos, the reputed Spanish mafia clan headed by aging Angelo Ruiz. She assumed the life of crime was behind her as she returned to her three-year-old daughter and caring husband, consciously shedding her mafia roots.
Fourteen years later, Elena Moretti crosses paths with the Los Caballos clan once again, only this time to face the older Ruiz's grandson, Adriano, a young man now at the helm of his grandfather's legacy.
When Moretti, the woman who was almost a Godmother to him, steals an item coveted by the mafia, Adriano is less than pleased. With Elena absconding and a disgruntled Don, the Caballos turn to the one thing that can get Elena's attention -
Her daughter, Ciara.
A story of danger, compromise, secrets, and sacrifices. All coming down to the dark horse who could become the white knight.
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