Description

New York City 1924
Once their paths cross their worlds will never be the same
Danny Moore and his crew only meant to rob the hotel suites of rich guests He wasnt supposed to find himself in gangster Ricky il Sacchis room And il Sacchi wasnt supposed to wind up dead Now Danny has the attention of another notorious gangster
Carmine Battaglia is intrigued by the Irish thieves who would have made off with a huge score if not for il Sacchis death Theyre cunning careful and exactly what he needs for his rum running operation But Dannys already lost two brothers to the violence between New Yorks Irish and Sicilian gangs and hes not about to sell his soul to Carmine
With a gangsters blood on his hands Danny needs protection whether he likes it or not And thats to say nothing of the generous pay which promises to pull him and his crewnot to mention their familiesout of destitution
Working together brings Danny and Carmine to a dtente then to something so intense neither can ignore it Something nearly enough to make them both forget the brutal tensions between their countrymen
But the death of Ricky il Sacchi hasnt been forgotten And someone is determined to make Danny bleed for it
The Venetian and the Rum Runner is a 144000word gay historical romantic suspense novel set during Prohibition and the Roaring Twenties
CW graphic violence PTSD