The Romano Brothers Series

The Romano Brothers Series
Author: Leslie North
Publisher: Relay Publishing
Total Pages: 319
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Italian Billionaire's Stubborn Lover Luxury real estate agent Adeline Peluso came to Italy in search of adventure. Inheriting an apartment with a view of the coast in Sicily sounded like something out of a movie, but after two years watching a resort she’d always loved fall to pieces she’s ready to throw in the proverbial towel...that is until one of the owners finally walked into her office. Tall, dark, and devastatingly handsome, the man would drive her crazy with his arguments if he didn’t set her aflame with his kisses. Billionaire Nicolo Romano is a global citizen. He’s the kind of guy who skis in the Alps, snorkels in the caribbean, and enjoys the lights of the Vegas strip on a whim. He has no desire to be tied down any time soon. So when he and his brothers inherit the family resort, Nicolo has one goal: Sell it and sell it fast. But coming back to the place he loved as a child to find a woman who feels just as passionately about the crumbling hotel throws him. Instead of using his business savvy to sell fast, Nicolo is wooing this woman with his island, slowly falling back in love with the place himself. When whip smart arguments turn into stolen kisses and stolen kisses turn into steamy nights, Adeline and Nicolo will realize that they’re fighting for more than the fate of a historic hotel. They’re fighting for the chance of life’s greatest adventure: True Love. Italian Billionaire's Unexpected Lover Gianpierre Romano is being dragged back to Italy by the one thing he can’t escape: family. The Romano fortune and name has followed him wherever he goes—but that only made the headstrong Italian more determined to strike out on his own. Now, he’s on the cusp of achieving international fame for an architectural project in the middle east when he’s roped into reconstructing the foundation of his family’s resort. It’s a project that Gianpierre has the passion for, but not the time—not if he wants to make it to Dubai for the start date of his dream project. That is until he’s paired with a pretty project manager who makes him want to get passionate about more than just medieval foundations. Luciana Vivaldi rushed to Italy to care for her niece after the death of her sister, and then fell in love with the culture and people. Beautiful and whip smart, she’s been recruited to keep the Romano Resort’s hunky structural engineer focused and to take him to task if he doesn’t follow his own directives. She’s got a passion for organizing and no time for romance—that is until a kiss following a falling foundation has her doing the one thing she can’t afford: falling for her boss. Italian Billionaire's Determined Lover Leonardo Romano has made an independent fortune as a boutique hotel magnate. He has the golden touch when it comes to creating luxurious accommodations, but the one thing Leonardo has avoided is following in his Grandfather’s footsteps. Running the family’s original hotel, the Romano Resort, on the island of Sicily, is a job he’s never felt fated to revive. However, now that his brothers have done their parts in securing and remodeling the hotel, it’s up to Leonardo to do what he does best: entice visitors to revel in the lap of luxury. Stella Brown is on her last strike. As a historical preservationist she’s just committed the mortal sin of losing a historical property to modern renovations, therefore losing a piece of history. Forever. Now Stella is tasked with proving she can still do her job by halting the Romano Resort’s extravagant renovations and getting them to conform to international preservation laws. Stella isn’t a pushy person, but she’s ready to go to war to save this little piece of Sicily.

Italian Billionaire’s Unexpected Lover

Italian Billionaire’s Unexpected Lover
Author: Leslie North
Publisher: Leslie North
Total Pages: 131
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Gianpierre Romano is being dragged back to Italy. The Romano fortune and name continues to go out on his heels. Now, he's on the cusp of achieving international fame for an architectural project in the middle east when he's roped into reconstructing his family's resort. It's a project that Gianpierre has the passion for, but not the time-to-be. That's until he's paired with a pretty project manager who makes him want to get passionate about more than just medieval foundations. Luciana Vivaldi rushed to Italy to care for her after the death of her sister, and then fell in love with the culture and people. Beautiful and whip smart, she's been recruited to keep the Romano Resort's hunky structural engineer focused and to take him to task. She's got a passion for organizing and no time for romance-that's just a kiss following her. Gianpierre and Luciana do not have time for distractions, but when they come to a fate-and-brisk housing market-leave them living together, their excuses for staying apart as fast as the foundation. The sparkle is more blinding than a sicilian sunset, but when you're in the mood for a lifelong love? Or wants it all fall like a house of cards?

Her Mafia Daddy

Her Mafia Daddy
Author: Bianca Cole
Publisher:
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2019-08-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781688187535

He has taken me captive, and I can't stop fantasizing about him tying me to his bed. Kane Romano is the most handsome, powerful man I've ever met. He's also the man holding me captive. My asshole of a step-dad found himself on the wrong side of the mafia, and then offered me up in exchange for his life. How does he have the right? I'm eighteen years old, and my step-dad doesn't own me. The problem is, Kane Romano agrees. Everyone knows you don't fight with a Romano, unless you want to end up in an unmarked grave. I should be scared, but every time I look into those dark eyes, I feel safe and protected. When we're alone he's a gentleman, but around anyone else he turns quiet and cold. There's a thrill being here with him. Even though I'm a virgin, I find myself wanting this man--a man who is more than twice my age and claims he owns me now. When he asks me to call him daddy, I know I won't be able to refuse him... Her Mafia Daddy is the first in the Romano Mafia Brothers series. It's a safe story with no cliffhangers, a HEA and no cheating. This story has hot scenes, some dark themes, and bad language. Like most of the books by Bianca Cole it features an over the top possessive alpha male.

Her Mafia King

Her Mafia King
Author: Bianca Cole
Publisher:
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781709529344

He has gone too far this time, and now I'm going to pay for it. My father is the mob boss of the Juliano Mafia--our family legacy. He has always been too ambitious for his own good, so much so that he does the unspeakable and crosses The Romano Mafia. I wasn't even aware, until four men in black outfits and masks broke into my bedroom one evening and stole me. I'm my father's princess, and he dotes on me--everyone knows that. They take me to Rick Romano's office. The gorgeous, muscle bound mob boss of the Romano mafia. I know I'm in danger, but it's worse when I see the way he looks at me--like he wants to devour me. The moment we're left alone, he tells me he's supposed to scare me, but he can't. He tells me he wants to tie me to his bed, but I have to be naked. He tells me I was my father's princess, but now I'm his Queen.And, who am I to say no to a Romano? Her Mafia King is the third book in the Romano Mafia Brothers series. It's a safe story with no cliffhanger, a HEA and no cheating. This story has hot scenes, dark themes, and bad language.

Everything and a Kite

Everything and a Kite
Author: Ray Romano
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1998
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780553108743

In a books that is at once laugh-out-loud funny and all-too-true to life, comedy-talent-turned-television-star Ray Romano goes home again, revealing that the source of his inspiration is heritage, hearth and family. As did his stand-up comedy and his present, top-rated CBS-TV program, Romano draws on his real-life experience as a husband, a father, a father of twins, a son with parents living very very close, and a brother, to make readers laugh and laugh harder.

Raymie, Dickie, and the Bean

Raymie, Dickie, and the Bean
Author: Ray Romano
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780689864513

When Raymie and family spend the day at the amusement park, things don't always go as planned thanks to his little brother, in a tale of sibling antics from one of America's most recognizable television personalities which comes with a CD of the author reading his story. 150,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo.

Reginald Rose and the Journey of 12 Angry Men

Reginald Rose and the Journey of 12 Angry Men
Author: Phil Rosenzweig
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0823297756

Finalist, 2021 Wall Award (Formerly the Theatre Library Association Award) The untold story behind one of America’s greatest dramas In early 1957, a low-budget black-and-white movie opened across the United States. Consisting of little more than a dozen men arguing in a dingy room, it was a failure at the box office and soon faded from view. Today, 12 Angry Men is acclaimed as a movie classic, revered by the critics, beloved by the public, and widely performed as a stage play, touching audiences around the world. It is also a favorite of the legal profession for its portrayal of ordinary citizens reaching a just verdict and widely taught for its depiction of group dynamics and human relations. Few twentieth-century American dramatic works have had the acclaim and impact of 12 Angry Men. Reginald Rose and the Journey of “12 Angry Men” tells two stories: the life of a great writer and the journey of his most famous work, one that ultimately outshined its author. More than any writer in the Golden Age of Television, Reginald Rose took up vital social issues of the day—from racial prejudice to juvenile delinquency to civil liberties—and made them accessible to a wide audience. His 1960s series, The Defenders, was the finest drama of its age and set the standard for legal dramas. This book brings Reginald Rose’s long and successful career, its origins and accomplishments, into view at long last. By placing 12 Angry Men in its historical and social context—the rise of television, the blacklist, and the struggle for civil rights—author Phil Rosenzweig traces the story of this brilliant courtroom drama, beginning with the chance experience that inspired Rose, to its performance on CBS’s Westinghouse Studio One in 1954, to the feature film with Henry Fonda. The book describes Sidney Lumet’s casting, the sudden death of one actor, and the contribution of cinematographer Boris Kaufman. It explores the various drafts of the drama, with characters modified and scenes added and deleted, with Rose settling on the shattering climax only days before filming began. Drawing on extensive research and brimming with insight, this book casts new light on one of America’s great dramas—and about its author, a man of immense talent and courage. Author royalties will be donated equally to the Feerick Center for Social Justice at Fordham Law School and the Justice John Paul Stevens Jury Center at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Hundred Percent

Hundred Percent
Author: Karen Romano Young
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2016-08-09
Genre:
ISBN: 1452143641

The last year of elementary school is big for every kid. In this novel, equal parts funny and crushing, utterly honest and perfect for boys and girls alike, Christine Gouda faces change at every turn, starting with her own nickname—Tink—which just doesn't fit anymore. Readers will relate to this strong female protagonist whose voice rings with profound authenticity and absolute novelty, and her year's cringingly painful trials in normalcy—uncomfortable Halloween costumes, premature sleepover parties, crushed crushes, and changing friendships. Throughout all this, Tink learns, what you call yourself, and how you do it, has a lot to do with who you are. This book marks beloved author Karen Romano Young's masterful return to children's literature: a heartbreakingly honest account of what it means to be between girl and woman, elementary and middle school, inside and out—and just what you name that in-between self.

The Detour

The Detour
Author: Andromeda Romano-Lax
Publisher: Soho Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-02-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781616950507

Ernst Vogler is twenty-six years old in 1938 when he is sent to Rome by his employer—the Third Reich's Sonderprojekte, which is collecting the great art of Europe and bringing it to Germany for the Führer. Vogler is to collect a famous Classical Roman marble statue, The Discus Thrower, and get it to the German border, where it will be turned over to Gestapo custody. It is a simple, three-day job. Things start to go wrong almost immediately. The Italian twin brothers who have been hired to escort Vogler to the border seem to have priorities besides the task at hand—wild romances, perhaps even criminal jobs on the side—and Vogler quickly loses control of the assignment. The twins set off on a dangerous detour and Vogler realizes he will be lucky to escape this venture with his life, let alone his job. With nothing left to lose, the young German gives himself up to the Italian adventure, to the surprising love and inevitable losses along the way. The Detour is a bittersweet novel about artistic obsession, misplaced idealism, detours, and second chances, set along the beautiful back-roads of northern Italy on the eve of war.

Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)

Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)
Author: Hazel Jane Plante
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780994047199

Fiction. LGBTQIA Studies. The playful and poignant novel LITTLE BLUE ENCYCLOPEDIA (FOR VIVIAN) sifts through a queer trans woman's unrequited love for her straight trans friend who died. A queer love letter steeped in desire, grief, and delight, the story is interspersed with encyclopedia entries about a fictional TV show set on an isolated island. The experimental form functions at once as a manual for how pop culture can help soothe and mend us and as an exploration of oft-overlooked sources of pleasure, including karaoke, birding, and butt toys. Ultimately, LITTLE BLUE ENCYCLOPEDIA (FOR VIVIAN) reveals with glorious detail and emotional nuance the woman the narrator loved, why she loved her, and the depths of what she has lost.