Twisted Loyalties (The Camorra Chronicles, #1)

by Cora Reilly

Remo was out for revenge. Luca had made a mistake when he’d taken in the former Enforcer of the Camorra, and he’d made an even bigger mistake when he’d sent the man back to kill many high-ranking Camorrista while Las Vegas was without a strong Capo to lead the city. Before Remo, that is.

“Sometimes we have to let go of our family if we want to amount to anything in life.”

She put her palm in mine, and I closed my fingers around her hand. That Leona trusted me despite what she knew made me want to be good to her, which was surprising. I rarely wanted to be good to anyone.

“I never got to choose. I don’t know anything about dresses or shoes. I got whatever fit me from Goodwill.” “You’ve never had a new piece of clothing?” I asked. She looked away. “Clothing wasn’t a priority. I had to put food on the table.” Her eyes were drawn to the rack of dresses to our right.

I moved closer. “And who is it you’re pretending to be?” She glared. “More than white trash.” “White trash,” I repeated in as calm a voice as my anger allowed. “Who called you that?” “I’m the daughter of a junkie and a gambling addict. I am white trash. I’m not this.” She gestured at her reflection. “Nobody will ever call you white trash again, you hear? And if they do, tell me and I’ll rip their throats out. How about that?”