Saturday, December 10, 2016

Hot Book Pick: LA DOLCE VITA (Battaglia Mafia Series Book 6) by Sienna Mynx



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Okay folks...the latest installment in the blazing Battaglia Mafia book series by author Sienna Mynx released mid October. La Dolce Vita is the sixth book in the bestselling series. I immediately purchased the highly anticipated novel the week it released. Since then, La Dolce Vita has been sitting patiently in my virtual library. I have to literally prepare myself before I delve into a Battaglia Mafia story. It is sure to be a rollercoaster ride of a read...propelling readers to anxiously turn the pages that captivates with gripping plot twists and shocking reveals.


Sienna Mynx's writing always weaves an enthralling saga that is filled with exotic locations, deep family bonds and passionate romance that is bold, intriguing and pulls the reader in with the expectancy and anticipation of what will be unleashed on the next page. The blazing story of the Don Giovanni Battaglia, his Donna Mirabella Batagglia  and their family continues. The Battaglias must come to terms with a severe and gut wrenching betrayal. With enemies always circling and swarming around formidable mob boss, Giovanni Battaglia...he must also deal with trouble when betrayal hits close to home.


The Battaglia Mafia series is a must read series. If you haven't read the previous novels in the series; do so. Check out the previous titles in the series at the end of this blog post. 

You will not be disappointed.


As always...happy reading!




LA DOLCE VITA [NEW! Battaglia Mafia Series #6]


Synopsis:


Someone powerful will fall.

Someone greedy will die.

Someone guilty will lose it all.

Destiny has sealed their fate as husband and wife, but nothing has changed the Don. No evil will ever come between him and Mirabella again. Or so he thinks. Don Giovanni Battaglia has sacrificed all he intends to for la famiglia. The only obsession he has now is to preserve the love of his Bella Donna and protect his little brown, blue-eyed babies from his world. A vow he swore the Mafia could never divide. While she screams in the night from nightmares inflicted on her during her kidnapping and torture, he whispers new promises in her ear of la dolce vita. And his guilt driven by grief to cure her of the madness in her mind turns his inner demons on them both. They were to have a new beginning. The good life. But secrets both inside and outside of la camorra soon prove that love of family, love of la camorra, love of each other, may not be enough...

Don Armando Mancini, Giovanni’s sworn enemy since they were kids, now possesses evidence of Lorenzo’s betrayal. Will he use his power to destroy the Don or does he have an even deeper desire inside? Isabella believes the final trap is set to avenge her father’s death and kill the Don. But her arrogance and years of manipulations finally catch up to her. Lorenzo Battaglia’s lie and betrayals close in on him, and his pregnant wife will do anything to protect them both. Mirabella wishes to take her family to America. Share her painful past. In doing so she and her sister uncover secrets so deeply buried in their family, they can either destroy or free them both. Blood will spill, love will be the ultimate casualty as hate and revenge consume the Battaglias. The good life is what they all want. But staying alive, staying in love, staying a family, may not be the life they deserve.










DESTINO [Battaglia Mafia Series #1]


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 Synopsis:
Mira Ellison is poised to have it all. In 1989, she is the first prominent African American fashion designer redefining change for both beauty and style among the renowned in Italy.

That happens until the evening she meets a tall, mysteriously charming Sicilian businessman who orchestrates a friendship that awakens a wicked sexual heat she has long forgotten. Who is he really? What harm could a little fling in one of the most beautiful countries in the world bring? Plenty.

Don Giovanni Battaglia is a man who knows how to get his way. He lives his life on the razor edge of control as he balances family and his dark legacy. He is the leader of a ruthless crime family, and those who intercept his purpose are swiftly made to pay.

Mira’s design house opens in Napoli, and unbeknownst to her, the property she occupies is one for which the Battaglia family has big plans. Giovanni’s designs for her business set them on a collision course of heated passion, spine chilling danger, and an unspeakable act of murder.


TI AMO [Battaglia Mafia Series #2]



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 Synopsis:
Let there be war... Don Giovanni Battaglia will have his revenge.

A bloody Mafia war has ravaged the southern region of Italy. Every man, woman, and child born under the name Calderone must be made to atone. That is the law.

After two years of blood and bullets, the men sworn to follow without question find themselves wanting peace. But how can there be peace when the one person able to save their Don from the destructive path he is on is beyond their reach. Or is she?

Mira Ellison lives... It's 1991 and Mira has learned how to begin again. Her best friend is dead, and the fashion empire she built from scratch is now gone. All she has left is the fleeting memory of a bittersweet love, and a mocha-brown baby with her father's eyes. She now has one single goal, to survive. She must protect her baby and hide from the Mafia men she is convinced are out to kill her.

But is it all a lie? Soon Mira finds herself confronted by her past, and face to face with the man she loves but doesn't trust. And Giovanni Battaglia is furious. He gives Mira a choice. She can become his Donna or be his enemy. And this time Mira has more than her life to lose.


LA SPOSA [Battaglia Mafia Series #3]


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Synopsis


You are cordially invited to the wedding of Don Giovanni Battaglia and Mira Ellison....

The year is 1991. Two years after discovering love and losing it Mira Ellison has finally accepted her destiny. She will become Donna Mirabella Battaglia, the wife of one of the most notorious crime bosses in Southern Italy. And she plans to have it all, her man, her children, and the fashion dynasty she left behind.

But with privilege comes ties to bloodlines that will threaten to destroy her love and family from the inside. Nothing, especially happiness, is ever promised to the Battaglias.

Don Giovanni knows this best. On the eve of a new beginning he learns a dark secret regarding Mira’s past that could destroy everything they hold sacred. He is forced to decide, for love and marriage—how far should a man go to protect his bride.


For those who need to catch up in the series, here are the previous MUST-READ titles:


LA FAMIGLIA [Battaglia Mafia Series #4]

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SYNOPSIS:


“Never question my heart, my courage, my loyalty! To my men and to this family I am all things. But to my wife I am only one. Husband.” – Don Giovanni Battaglia.

The year is 1992. The Battaglia family awaits the birth of the newest members to their clan. Twin boys will be born to the capo di tutti capi of the Neapolitan clans. By an African American woman who has married the most powerful and feared Mafia boss in all of southern Italy.

Before the birth Don Giovanni Battaglia makes a decision that shocks the family. He will move his wife out of the Campania to his homeland of Sicilia. Against the advisement of his consigliere and uncle, the family relocates to the beautiful seaside beach town of Mondello. And unbeknownst to the Don the lies and secrets he keeps from his wife are already unraveling as well as his empire.

His cousin Lorenzo Battaglia who has suffered a humiliating banishment plots secretly to return. The men of the Camorra, organize against him to take control of a region they feel he has left open to his enemies. And the most powerful Don in Sicily, Marsuvio Mancini, is determined to expose his famiglia tie to Mirabella Battaglia. It is an old Mancini family secret that will bring forth cataclysmic consequences. And while Giovanni and Mirabella fight to hold onto their marriage, the family bonds that keep them strong begin to crumble.

Will the Don realize the true meaning of preserving honesty, love, and faith in his marriage in time? Will Donna Mirabella find the strength to forgive her husband of his lies to keep the family safe from his wrath? And what will become of the others who are caught up in their cyclone of drama?

AMORE [Battaglia Mafia Series #5]


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AMORE By Sienna Mynx Amazon Link



Synopsis:
In the spring of 1994 the fashion would awaits the return of the reclusive designer Mirabella Battaglia. Many have speculated for years about the torrid love affair between their fallen star and the world’s most notorious crime boss Don Giovanni Battaglia.

Mirabella is overjoyed. She has it all, a husband who loves her, a new sisterhood with her long lost twin, healthy children and a loving family that supports her. Now is the time to reclaim her passion for designing. Giovanni loves his wife, and though her reemergence into the fashion world would expose them to the risks of fame and celebrity he willingly makes the sacrifice. Nothing is more important than his Bella’s dreams.

However, a very dangerous enemy lurks in the shadows. He has watched Mirabella’s life blossom with seething hatred and envy. He wants the woman and life he thinks was stolen from him, and he is prepared to burn the Battaglia dynasty to the ground to have her again. Secrets, plots of revenge, and lies infiltrate the Battaglia family.

The destruction and pain left behind is catastrophic and can only be healed by true love. But will Giovanni and Mirabella learn that lesson too late?





The Battaglia Mafia Series in Order:

DESTINO - Book One

TI AMO - Book Two

LA SPOSA - Book Three

LA FAMIGLIA - Book Four

AMORE - Book Five

LA DOLCE VITA - Book Six


Get started...even if you have to begin with DESTINO, book one. The amazon link is below:

Destino by Sienna Mynx Amazon Link


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