In the Name of Loyalty

About this book

An intimate and riveting drama about family love, loyalty, secrets, and the consequences of betrayal. A young woman searches for answers from her parents' secretive past and her father's murder. What she finds is an unexpected new life filled with tenderness and heart-wrenching secrets. Mia Trovato never planned to be a mafia wife. In fact, her grandparents Tony and Ruth Russo did all they could to protect her from the dangerous world her father was a part of. But her life is forever changed in the summer of 1980 when she stays with her father's family in Mantoloking, NJ, determined to uncover what really happened to him and the truth behind her mother's tragic end. Mia finds herself surrounded by a loving family and not the ruthless killers she had been warned about. When she falls in love with Artie Bocelli, the grandson to the head of New Jersey's most notorious crime family, she is drawn into a world she vowed never to be a part of. Can Mia become the poised, dignified, and loyal Bocelli wife the familia expects her to be? Can she do whatever it takes to protect the Bocellis, while honoring her grandparents' principles? When Artie is called to fulfill his role in the upper echelons of the family, their world is upended as the reality of their way of life is revealed. As secrets from the past and present begin to unravel, can Mia forgive horrific betrayals? Or is she doomed to a life of heartbreak? "This Is Us" meets "The Sopranos". In the Name of Loyalty weaves a poignant and emotional tale of love and family, full of twists and turns.