A Very Rossi Christmas

a Dark Mafia Romance (Mafia Rogues: The Rossi Chapter)

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Pub Date 07 Dec 2021 | Archive Date 08 Jan 2022

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Sloane Brennan thought she'd escaped the mafia life by moving to LA. Sure, she'd had to leave her parents behind, but that was life when you were running from the mob.

Then her one-time best friend--and the son of her father's biggest enemy--showed up on her beach and started looking at her like she still belonged to him.

And by the way he's following her every move, showing up in the bars she's at and then outside her own house, she's beginning to think that he's got more on his mind than just a friendly reunion.

*A Very Rossi Christmas is a dark mafia romance in short story form, and includes violence and mature sexual themes. If you’re triggered by guns, sex, rape, or murder, this isn’t the series for you.

Sloane Brennan thought she'd escaped the mafia life by moving to LA. Sure, she'd had to leave her parents behind, but that was life when you were running from the mob.

Then her one-time best...


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This short novella/prequel is basically a teaser for the upcoming first book in the series... its sets the stage for Sloane and Joseph's story in Her Romeo out in February 2022.

Sloane Brennan is the daughter of the Irish mob boss in NYC, and Joseph Rossi is the oldest son and heir apparent to the Italian mob in New York... they use to secretly be best friends as children until their circumstances torn them apart on the night of their high school graduation. In the five year since, Sloane has distanced herself as much as possible from the family business as she studies to become a lawyer. Joseph, on the other hand, leaned into his role and is working to become his father's right hand man. When a chance encounter in LA, where Sloane has been living, leaves the pair fighting the emotions they've been worked hard to ignore all these years, they find themselves fighting for not only a chance at a future together but their safety.

This ends on a cliffhanger, ensuring you'll read the full story. There's Romeo-Juliet style mafia romance if that's your thing, good girl-bad boy trope, and steam.

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A good start.

A nice read for a first book. This is a prequel to a book that's coming next year.

Curious to know what happens to Joseph and Sloane.
I am yet to follow this author on other media, so no idea whether these two characters are going to meet after few years or is it going to be a continuation as is. Or if there are going to be any surprises.. let's wait and see.

Will definitely look forward to the full length version and best wishes for many more to come.

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Quinn Marlowe does a great job of grabbing your attention with the first few sentences and pulls you in.

The story of Joseph and Sloane is a friends to enemies storyline where they were beat friends but their fathers were enemies and once they were found out the did not see each other again until 5 years later.

Their run in was a complete accident and they both new that they needed to avoid one another but fate had other plans

Definitely a great quick read! Can not wait to read the next one!!

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i very much enjoyed this story but could have been a bit longer Sloane is the daughter of a big mafi leader in new York. Sloane and her best friend are in california where Sloane studying to be a lawyer. they are on the beach where she sees in front of her her old friend Joseph Rossi his dad is her father s rival and they used to meet in secret but they both have feelings for each over am so looking forward to next book as i love these mafia romances

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This is a short story/prequel to a new full-length book.
Sloane is a native New Yorker and daughter of a “mob” boss, is going to law school in Southern California. Joseph, the son of a rival family, is also in LA, on family business. They accidentally bump into each other and ... no spoilers!
This story definitely piqued my interest and I look forward to reading the book in its entirety.

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Sloan and Joseph were born into feeding families. Both of them wanted to be the best mob family and would never allow anyone from the other family to associate with the other. When Joseph was 7 he saved Sloan from being run over by an ice cream truck. After that they became best friends all in hiding. They knew they would be in huge trouble if they were ever caught together. On the day Sloan graduated high school they were out together and were caught by Joseph’s dad mob family. Joseph was beaten badly. Since then they both grew up and went their separate ways. Present day Sloan is in LA getting ready to take the Barr exam. While she is taking a little time with her best friend to relax on a beach she sees Joseph for the first time in years. Joseph takes note of her and also notices that Sloan doesn’t have security guards to protect her like she should. He then sees a guy is following her. He takes matters into his own hands and ends up saving her from her crazy ex who was following her around. The both had always loved the other but never expressed their feelings. They let a little bit out after Joseph helps save her live and then she wakes up and he is gone. Their story will be continued in book one when it is released in 2022. I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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What happens that the girl you grew up loving crosses your path unexpectedly in adulthood and you realize that she is in danger? You swoop in to save and take the girl yourself if only for a day! An intriguing novella to start the story of Sloane and Joseph in a modern day Romeo and Juliet theme with dark overtones as well as a steamy physical scene tossed in to really get you hooked! I can't wait to read the full story and see how it unravels!

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Such a beautiful short story of 80 pages , if a story is like this i'm eager to read full book!!

The first book (which I thought a book but a short story of a book) I have ever read in which there are two narrators and mentioning the narrator in the starting of each chapter ....from whose perspective we are going to read in that particular chapter makes reading easy and interesting.

Sloane Brennan , daughter of an Irish mafia in New York, spending her Christmas break from law school on santa monica beach in LA with her friend, Brooks Peterson and her eyes met with someone she had never expected, Joseph Rossie, her earlier best friend but later turned into enemy (oldest son and heir apparent of other biggest mob in Newyork).

Joseph Rossie, who thinks sloane brennan is "not my fu*king problem" but still protects her, worries for her and loves her till the end of the story. By reading the epilogue I felt bad because ending of the story but felt happy after few seconds because it is not the end of Joseph and sloane's story.
Looking forward to read full book!!

Thank you netgalley and publisher for providing the ARC!!

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Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ebook ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I really enjoyed reading this one. I liked the dual POV; you get the story from Sloane's perspective and Joseph's perspective.

The main characters are from rival families; their fathers are the mob bosses of each family. Sloane and Joseph were childhood friends but had kept their friendship secret while they were growing up. This is a forbidden love romance.

The love scenes are open door.

Since this is the beginning of a series, some issues are left unresolved. This is a novella, so I am assuming that there will be more character development in the full length novels from this series.

This was a fun, quick read, and I look forward to reading more from the series.

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It's a short but great beginning for the prequel of the upcoming first book in the series Mafia Rogue: Rossi Chapter. The book lays the foundation for the stories of Sloane Brennan and Joseph Rossi, daughter, and son of two rival mafia/mob families of New York, in Her Romeo. It's a dark mafia romance very well written. I already feel that the sexual tension is going to be very high between the two of them. I already like it from the short scene in the book. I don't want spoiled but I would definitely take the place of Sloane in the men's bathroom. I loved to read the dual POV. We get to know more of each other thoughts and themselves.

I will definitely suggest reading it before Her Romeo and I'm curious what will happen next.

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This is a prequel to the main series. It's an exciting and addictive read and it certainly made me want to read more. I liked that the story isn't overly done with a Christmas theme. Christmas barely gets a mention which makes it easier to enjoy at any time of the year. I'm looking forward to reading the first book in the series and seeing what happens to our two star crossed lovers.

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What are the chances you are lounging on the beach, look up, and see your long ago boyfriend? And what are the chances both of you belong to mafia families that hate each other. So how can there still be so much chemistry between them? That is just the beginning of this story of a holiday romance with the thrill of the darker side of the mafia. This is a quick story to read. I liked the sizzle with the touch of danger.

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A short slow burn book... A sort of Romeo and Juliet type of book except these two are in rival mafias ....

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