Saletti Blood Series by Vana V.

Ayana and Novella Lachlan are identical twin sisters, living in Italy with their mother and military stepfather. Having never been separated their entire lives, they’re forced to make the choice of staying together or going their separate ways when their mother decides to return to the United States. Ayana, having met the Italian man of her dreams who happens to be the policeman she assaulted outside a nightclub, can’t bear the idea of leaving him and chooses to remain in Italy... moreAyana and Novella Lachlan are identical twin sisters, living in Italy with their mother and military stepfather. Having never been separated their entire lives, they’re forced to make the choice of staying together or going their separate ways when their mother decides to return to the United States. Ayana, having met the Italian man of her dreams who happens to be the policeman she assaulted outside a nightclub, can’t bear the idea of leaving him and chooses to remain in Italy. Novella, thinking that neither of them should stay, chooses to join their mother in Miami. Ayana warns her not to go. Paladio Hijuelos, fresh from a South American prison where he was beaten and tortured for three years, returns to Miami and finds the lovely and young Novella. He can’t help the obsession he has for her and begins to turn her entire world upside down. Vincenzo Saletti, from a powerful and feared family in Italy, learns his baby brother is missing and must find what happened to him. What he finds is a tragedy, and the wrong girl caught up in it. Will his family give the order to end her life, or will they find a reason to spare her? less

Having been banished from the country of his birth for too many years, Severiano Tarussio finally returns home to Italy, but with a vengeance that only murder can satisfy. If only he can get approval from the head of the Lombardo Family to act upon it, retribution against the Saletti Family would be so sweet. Fiora Ducani, the new head of the Lombardo Family, is thrilled to the bone by the return of Vicente Tarussio’s grandson, even if it were without her permission... moreHaving been banished from the country of his birth for too many years, Severiano Tarussio finally returns home to Italy, but with a vengeance that only murder can satisfy. If only he can get approval from the head of the Lombardo Family to act upon it, retribution against the Saletti Family would be so sweet. Fiora Ducani, the new head of the Lombardo Family, is thrilled to the bone by the return of Vicente Tarussio’s grandson, even if it were without her permission. She’d missed the arrogant man who had a way with the ladies, but now he’s put her in a tight spot with the man who’d ordered his banishment years before. Rocco Lombardo, the retired Don who’d managed to keep an alliance with the Saletti Family for years, now has a growing concern for the recently ascended son of Alessandro, who seems to be spiraling out of control over the little American girl he’s been keeping company with. He wants nothing but to keep the peace between the families, but the return of Severiano threatens to destroy it all… Or will it turn the tables in favor of the Lombardo Family, through a scheme that only Severiano can pull off? With the hope for a new family in his future with his beautiful and young bride-to-be, Vincenzo Saletti finds himself confronted by his father’s past and the possibility that his lifetime enemy may have a closer connection to him than he’d ever imagined. It’s enough to leave him questioning everything about the father he’d known, while giving the woman who holds his heart in the palm of her hand doubts for their own future together. Will it be enough to destroy the love he and Novella have only just begun to know, or will they overcome the sins of the father and strengthen the bond they share? less

With a beautiful new bride and a baby on the way, life seems to finally be falling into place for Vincenzo Saletti... moreWith a beautiful new bride and a baby on the way, life seems to finally be falling into place for Vincenzo Saletti. The family he’s always wanted is now a reality he’s determined to hold onto, by all means necessary… Engaging a full-fledged war against the man who tried destroying his future with the bombing of his Mercedes, he utilizes the expertise of the hostile firing squad known as the Ferocious Four, who work their way through the ranks of the Lombardo family with only one agenda on their mind. Vengeance for the Capo di tutti Capi. But revenge doesn’t come without a price. His war with Rocco instigating the involvement of the Adano family, Vincenzo must now contend with the Don of Perugia and the son who broke the twenty year old treaty between their families. And while the threat of a secondary war lingers in the air, so do tensions between him and his ambitious Uncle Lucio, who wants nothing more than to seize the business opportunities that will arise with Rocco’s fall. Now a happily married woman who’s about to become the mother she longs to be, Novella can’t imagine anything more devastating than realizing the husband who started a family with her, has also started a war. His atrocious murders making headlines across the nation, the rising body count leaves her fearing the worst for everyone involved. Will Vincenzo finish what he started before it’s too late, or will they all become casualties of war? less