title: The Mafia Funeral and Other Short Stories
author:  Morgan St. James 
description: Award-winning Author/Speaker/Columnist Morgan St. Jamess short stories appear in Chicken Soup for the Soul books and several other anthologies. The Mafia Funeral and Other Short Stories is her first single author collection . She co-authors the Award-Winning Silver Sisters Mysteries series and also writes as Arliss Adams. Look for more novels and "how to" books by this author in 2012. Morgan has written over 300 published articles relative to the craft of writing, as well as the book "Writers Tricks of the Trade: 39 Things You Need to Know About the ABCs of Writing Fiction." Her list of published novels continues to grow. She is currently working on the fourth Silver Sisters Mystery with her co-author/sister Phyllice Bradner. Her upcoming comical novel "Confessions of a Cougar" is about a 42 year old woman discovering young lovers in England. It is slated for late 2012 release. A preview of Chapter One is included at the end of "The Mafia Funeral and Other Short Stories." Morgan is an entertaining speaker, presents workshops and frequently appears on authors panels.
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  Owned by the Mafia Bad Boy (Book 6) by Raven Dark
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2017 Raven Dark, all rights reserved. This is a work of fiction.
  Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  Please purchase only authorized editions of this book, and do not participate
  in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrightable materials.
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover by MW Burt
  
  
  Cover image courtesy of Canstock
  
  
  Editor: Avril Stepowski
  
  
  
  
  
  Dedications and Tributes
  
  
  To Karen Williams, who gave Anika the necklace that became her collar.
  
  
  Love to you always.
  
  
  To my readers, who stuck with me through it all, and wouldn’t let me give up
  on the story that needed to be told.
  
  
  My thanks.
  
  
  And to James Hannaford, who loved this story in all its forms, and waited from
  on high to hear how it ended. May you eat meatloaf every day with Kyas and Mr.
  Jordan.
  
  
  I miss you every day.
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
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