#1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline presents Loyalty, an
emotional, action-packed epic of love and justice, set during the rise
of the Mafia in Sicily.
Loyalty can save a soul--or destroy one.
Franco Fiorvanti is a handsome lemon grower toiling on the estate of a
baron. He dreams of owning his own grove, but the rigid class system of
Sicily thwarts his ambition. Determined to secure a better future,
Franco will do anything to prove his loyalty to the baron. But when the
baron asks him to kidnap a little boy named Dante, Franco makes a
decision that will change his life--and even the history of
Sicily--forever.
Gaetano Catalano is an idealistic young lawyer whose devotion to justice
is tantamount to a calling. He's a member of the Beati Paoli, a
real-life secret society of aristocrats who investigate crime in
Palermo, a city riddled with graft. Gaetano sets out to find the boy and
punish the kidnapper, but his mission leads him to a darker place than
he had ever imagined.
Meanwhile, Mafalda Pancari is a new mother rejoicing at the birth of her
daughter, Lucia, when disaster strikes. And Alfredo D'Antonio is a
reclusive goatherd under constant threat of being discovered as a Jew.
How the lives of these unforgettable characters collide makes Loyalty
an epic tale of good versus evil, as the story twists and turns to its
monumental showdown.
Readers will be transported to the dramatic and ruggedly beautiful
island of Sicily, the jewel of the Mediterranean, where lush lemon
groves and mouth-watering cuisine contrast with a turbulent history of
colonization and corruption. Scottoline brings her decades of thriller
writing to historical fiction, creating in Loyalty a singular novel
that no reader will be able to put down.
