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The Venetian and the Rum Runner
- Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
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Publisher's Summary
New York City, 1924
Once their paths cross, their worlds will never be the same.
Danny Moore and his crew only meant to rob the hotel suites of rich guests. He wasn’t supposed to find himself in gangster Ricky il Sacchi’s room. And il Sacchi wasn’t supposed to wind up dead. Now, Danny has the attention of another notorious gangster.
Carmine Battaglia is intrigued by the Irish thieves who would have made off with a huge score if not for il Sacchi’s death. They’re cunning, careful, and exactly what he needs for his rum-running operation. But Danny’s already lost two brothers to the violence between New York’s Irish and Sicilian gangs, and he’s not about to sell his soul to Carmine.
With a gangster’s blood on his hands, Danny needs protection, whether he likes it or not. And that’s to say nothing of the generous pay, which promises to pull him and his crew - not to mention their families - out of destitution.
Working together brings Danny and Carmine to a détente and then to something so intense, neither can ignore it. Something nearly enough to make them both forget the brutal tensions between their countrymen.
But the death of Ricky il Sacchi hasn’t been forgotten. And someone is determined to make Danny bleed for it.
The Venetian and the Rum Runner is a 144,000-word gay historical romantic suspense novel set during Prohibition and the Roaring Twenties.
Content warning: graphic violence, PTSD.
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- The Smut Librarian
- 23-06-2021
Gripping!
Not sure if LA Witt knows how to write a quick story – but also not sure that I want her to know how. A very slow burn, but with a gripping story of prohibition mobsters that you don’t mind waiting for the romantic elements to heat up. Carmine and Danny are wonderfully crafted characters and the entire world is created so brilliantly that my brain could not leave it behind when I turned off the audio. Michael Ferrauiolo once again does an astoundingly epic job of bringing this world and men to life so that they live in my memory forever.
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- Belinda F
- 10-03-2023
A gritty romance
Passionate and gritty. This story hooked me from the start. I became so invested in the characters, I cried, I loved, it was brilliant.
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