title: The Consigliere: A Mafia Lawyer's Quest to Choose Love Over Revenge
author:  Donna Masotto 
description: <span>Reviewed By: Trudi LoPreto for <i>Readers&apos; Favorite</i></span><br /><span>Declan Quinn is the main character in The Consigliere, a mafia lawyertrying to escape his life of crime. The story goes back and forth between thepast and the present and his hopes for the future. Declan had a hard andtroubled childhood, a sad and difficult life, and is attempting to right thewrongs and live happily ever after. We follow Declan on his journey, laughingand crying right beside him. His married life is in trouble; he is on the road toforming a close relationship with his son, Andrew; he is mourning his lostdaughter; trying everything he can in searching for the sister he has not seenin many years and making plans to visit Ireland and his grandfather. This isall happening while his mafia boss is hunting him down, wanting to kill him forleaving the &quot;business&quot;.<br /><br />I really enjoyed reading The Consigliere by Donna Masotto, and while it wasabout the mafia and inspired by The Godfather, it is so much more than that. Ifelt love, bravery, absolution, pity, fear, mercy and more as I traveled alongwith Declan, his family, his friends and his enemies. Each page was an excitingadventure that pulled me right into the story. Donna Masotto was truly inspiredand took that inspiration to a brand new high. This was so much more than justanother book about the mafia - it was the story of a boy making bad decisionsand the effect it had on the man for his entire life. The Consigliere is wellwritten with characters that you want to get to know better and a plot thatnever stops being good. I highly recommend The Consigliere be read at yourearliest convenience.</span><br /><br /><span>Reviewed By Romuald Dzemo for <i>Readers&apos; Favorite</i></span><br /><span></span><br /><span><i>The Consigliere: A Mafia Lawyer&apos;s Quest To Choose Love Over Revenge</i> by Donna Masotto is a mesmerizing story filled with drama and very compelling characters. One of the important members of a mob, the protagonist, Declan Quinn, is hit by tragedy, losing his eight-year-old daughter, and now he feels the irresistible call to set his life straight. Mr. Quinn wants to find his long-lost sister and start a new life, but he must face his mafia boss. Help comes from unexpected places and Declan takes the road less traveled to confront his past and face his demons. Follow him on this unnerving quest as he struggles to reconnect with the child he once was and to find redemption. As he rediscovers love, we hope he has what it takes to love and to break free from a life of crime?</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Donna Masotto has crafted a story that is as inspiring as it is entertaining, starting with the protagonist&apos;s colorful yet troubled childhood, with an abusive father who drank himself from one jail cell to the next. With a mother dead and Shannon longgone, adopted decades ago, Declan has to forge his own path. The story is filled with emotion and the humanity of the characters comes out neatly through the narrative. The author allows the religious, albeit the spiritual, to intermingle with the mundane, exploring human nature from quite unique angles. The psychological dimension of the novel caught my attention from the very first page and I became keen on finding out what made Declan the man he grew up to be, the secrets to his success, and the sudden, overwhelming desire to change his lifestyle. It&apos;s a story of a man&apos;s journey back to himself, but it is also a story of love that liberates from within. <i>The Consigliere: A Mafia Lawyer&apos;s Quest To Choose Love Over Revenge</i> will appeal to readers who enjoy well-crafted crime novels. It is riveting, thoughtfully written, and a page-turner to the end!</span>
zlib_text: PASSION
  MAFIA TIES: BRANDON & CARLY #3
  
  FIONA DAVENPORT
  
  CONTENTS
  Passion
  You are the love
  1. Brandon
  2. Carly
  3. Brandon
  4. Carly
  5. Brandon
  6. Carly
  7. Brandon
  Epilogue
  About the Author
  
  © 2016 Fiona Davenport
  All rights reserved.
  Edited by PREMA Editing
  Cover design by Elle Christensen
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
  means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and
  retrieval system, without permission in writing. For permission requests, please send your email request
  to authorfionadavenport@yahoo.com.
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s
  imagination or are used factiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons or living or dead, events
  or locales are entirely coincidental.
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  this work of fiction, which ha