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Author: R.A. Siracusa

ISBN: 978-1-4327-1590-8

Publisher: Outskirts Press 

Family Secrets is not a novel that requires its reader to wade through a mundane beginning that causes a loss of interest early on.  From the very first page you already know that this is one book that will be hard to put down.  An exciting page turner from the start, the storyline holds your interest to the very end.

Ann Siracusa’s characters range from the loving and caring young American heroine to the hard-hearted murderers and users of the numerous mafia families of Sicily and other areas of Italy fighting to control various enterprises throughout the world.  Ann weaves a wonderful tale of love, deception, danger, and suspense in the romantic land that is Italy. 

Suffering from the advanced stages of cancer and realizing her days are numbered, Gramma Angela Venturiani knows that the time has come to unburden her soul of the dark secrets—family secrets—of her past.  She calls her daughter and granddaughter to summon a priest so that the three of them can bear witness to the confessions of a sad and weary soul; knowing that what she will tell them may cost her the love of a daughter that she has fought long and hard to save from a life that is worse than death.

Angela’s declarations begin when as a beautiful young girl born and living in America, but whose family follows the time-honored Sicilian tradition; she is betrothed to a man she doesn’t love.  Fate, however, has different plans for Angela as she begins communication through letters to the handsome and recently widowed Santino, eldest son of the rich and powerful Camastro Family in Sicily.   

Santino is ruthless is his quest to draw Angela Rosarno into his web so that through her he can gain the favors of the Rosarno family in Italy.  Santino knew that Angela’s Uncle, Cardinal Vincenzo Rosarno, was a rich and powerful man in his own right; and having him in the immediate family would further Santino’s goals immeasurably.  In his mind’s eye, Santino pictured himself taking over as chief of all the Mafioso on his side of the ocean and then on to America.  His ego was as boundless as his evil schemes!

Angela accepts Santino’s offer of marriage, but too late learns that all is not what it seems to be in the land of romance and dreams.  Now she is trapped in a world that pits father against son and brother against brother in a duel to the death.  How will she escape to save herself and her children from a prison that was created by her own doing? 

Let this great novel bring thrills to your senses as you delve ever deeper into a corrupt world of betrayal, undying love, and suspense.  You won’t want to miss this one.

It is written with a strength of character and fortitude that few authors have.  R. A. Siracusa is an author of great talent and imagination.

The above review was contributed by: Sandra E. Graham. Sandra is  the author of Amos Jakey and Nicolina published by American Book Publishing. Sandra graduated from Arkansas State University in Joeboro, Arkansas. Many of her articles have been posted on various ezines. To read an interview with Sandra CLICK HERE

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