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Her Capo Protector
A Historical Regency Romance of Mafia Loyalty and Forbidden Love
Isabella Moretti(0)
About
Caterina Rossi's father left her a print shop, a hand-press, and a debt to the Morello family that has no end. When the capo comes to call, she knows the terms before he says them: the shop keeps its press and loses its independence.
Matteo Morello expected a frightened woman. He found one who offered to work for him instead of belonging to him.
For a year, Caterina prints the family's notices and keeps the cleanest ledger in the Italian quarter. For a year, Matteo moves closer. When the rival Bianchi family burns her doorstep and leaves a warning on her threshold, the whole Morello operation folds itself into the rooms above her shop-and Caterina finds the traitor no one else would look for.
She names him in her own back room, beside her own press, in front of the whole family.
Matteo Morello expected a frightened woman. He found one who offered to work for him instead of belonging to him.
For a year, Caterina prints the family's notices and keeps the cleanest ledger in the Italian quarter. For a year, Matteo moves closer. When the rival Bianchi family burns her doorstep and leaves a warning on her threshold, the whole Morello operation folds itself into the rooms above her shop-and Caterina finds the traitor no one else would look for.
She names him in her own back room, beside her own press, in front of the whole family.