Paula Minydzak, Author

The Second Son

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Joey Renzi, the second son of a Pittsburgh mob boss, showed weakness at age eighteen when he failed as a family enforcer. Departing from the family’s lifestyle, he became a part-time accountant and business broker, while living above his strip club, Peekaboo. Years later, in a deal to purchase shares in a casino, he and his lovely lady lawyer discover a money laundering scheme leading to a shooting that almost kills the lawyer. She has no one but Joey to help her. To protect his family’s business interests and the lawyer, Joey must restore his reputation as a Renzi, find the guilty parties, deal with the FBI (Freaking Bonehead Investigators), and get his lawyer to Louisville before the bad guys take her out. And the worst part of it all? He needs his half-time-mob-boss father to help him, even if they’ve spoken little since the night he failed, almost twenty years ago.

Becoming a ruthless mob boss like his father is the last thing Frankie Renzi wants, but when Sofia Ciambetti’s father is gunned down, Frankie must become the very thing he loathes in order to protect the woman he loves. Sofia was devoted to Frankie, until he stood her up and she questioned his fidelity. Now that she’s alone and an heiress, Mafia suitors slither around her. Marriage to him might be her only hope. They try to rekindle their love amidst a mob war. But can their love survive what the Mafia has in store?

The Firstborn Son