{"product_id":"brutal-obsession-shandi-boyes-9781923209343","title":"Brutal Obsession","description":"\u003cp\u003eValentina: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Caruso family is legendary in Sicily. They're powerful, untouchable, and rumored to have their hands in everything from imports to politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI won't mention the things better left unspoken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone perpetually late and as styleless as she is poor should be an unlikely match for the Don of the Cosa Nostra.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot only do I get a second glance, but I'm also tossed headfirst into a scandal so salacious it's front-page news.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince I refuse to rehash my mother's mistakes, I try to ignore the tension hot enough to burn, but obsession is a brutal game, and Giovanni Caruso never loses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiovanni: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttachments are dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey make you hesitant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey make you weak. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd yet, when a fresh face in our great country steps into danger's path, I respond without considering how my gallantry will favor my family or myself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor thirty-four years, I discredited my father's claim that he knew my mother was \"it\" after only seeing her once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe instant Valentina Raimondi peered up at me, I understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy fixation with the curvaceous beauty is immediate and borderline psychotic, and although obsession is a dangerous thing, I can't suspend our thrilling game of chase.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValentina is mine, and I'll destroy anyone who tries to convince her otherwise... including the woman I'm contracted to marry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrutal Obsession is a standalone age-gap mafia romance with a curvy heroine and the man utterly obsessed with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shandi Boyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1923209345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923209343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skye High Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Shandi Boyes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447392284927,"sku":"9781923209343","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_25579465-033d-4b2e-9c5b-b3fa5cdafd8e.jpg?v=1777230802","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brutal-obsession-shandi-boyes-9781923209343","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}