She's too young. Jailbait young.Her innocence and purity don't belong in my world.I killed her father.None of it matters. Angelina Baldi is the bane of my existence and my absolute obsession.She belongs to me. She's safe only with me.But her wedding bells are ringing, and I'm not the man waiting at the altar.I've killed for her before. I'd do it again.Except that her groom is the only man on earth I can't kill.My own blood.The Italian Obsession is a stalker forbidden obsessive jealous possessive DARK DARK DISTURBING Mafia romance Standalone. Do NOT read if you're not a fan of dark romance. One-Click now. Because you have to.Reading Order1-The Italian Marriage (standalone and can be read in any order)2-The Italian Obsession (standalone and can be read in any order)3-The Italian Dom (duet, better read AFTER The Italian Obsession)3.5-Savage Crown (standalone novella better read BETWEEN The Italian Dom and The Italian Son)4-The Italian Son (duet, MUST be read AFTER The Italian Dom)Spin-off non Mafia books1- The Italian Heartthrob (standalone, better read BEFORE The Italian Obsession)2- The Italian Happy Ever After (standalone, better read AFTER The Italian Son) Read more

The best-selling author of Italian Neighbors returns with a wry and revealing portrait of Italian life - by riding its trains. Tim Parks’s books on Italy have been hailed as "so vivid, so packed with delectable details, [they] serve as a more than decent substitute for the real thing" (Los Angeles Times Book Review).Now, in his first Italian travelogue in a decade, he delivers a charming and funny portrait of Italian ways by riding its trains from Verona to Milan, Rome to Palermo, and right down to the heel of Italy. Parks begins as any traveler might: "A train is a train is a train, isn’t it?" But soon he turns his novelist’s eye to the details, and as he journeys through majestic Milano Centrale station or on the newest high-speed rail line, he delivers a uniquely insightful portrait of Italy. Through memorable encounters with ordinary Italians - conductors and ticket collectors, priests and prostitutes, scholars and lovers, gypsies and immigrants - Parks captures what makes Italian life distinctive: an obsession with speed but an acceptance of slower, older ways; a blind eye toward brutal architecture amid grand monuments; and an undying love of a good argument and the perfect cappuccino. Italian Ways also explores how trains helped build Italy and how their development reflects Italians’ sense of themselves from Garibaldi to Mussolini to Berlusconi and beyond. Most of all, Italian Ways is an entertaining attempt to capture the essence of modern Italy. As Parks writes, "To see the country by train is to consider the crux of the essential Italian dilemma: Is Italy part of the modern world, or not?" Read more