Nancy_Jim

What are the odds that a young man at the mercy of peasantry living for survival, would come to be the most affluent Hotel owner in one of the biggest cities in Italy? 
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Meet Santo Martini: 
A poor young man from Sarco Paraceno who finds himself in Palermo. His initial plans of getting a regular job at a restaurant get thwarted the moment he accidentally witnesses the death of the famous owner of the grandest hotel in Palermo —'Hotel Magnífico'. 

He makes a pact with death and in return, gets all the luxury and fame he always dreamed of. But with a mission to complete and a faceless mafia lord on his track, will he be able to cheat death for so long? 

Stay tuned with me as we unravel the mysteries surrounding the ominous death of the actual owner of the Magnífico. While, we observe Santo journey through the routes of deep-rooted secrets, brutality, life threats, guilt, love, and deceit, to attain the zenith of mouth-watery luxury and stability. 

Cover art not mine. [Temp. cover]

Love and Deceit

In a small room, Concetta, who was putting on a short plain satin top on a maxi skirt, lay on her side, on her slender bed. Her countenance was sullen and half-agitated because she was having the usual not-so-friendly abdominal cramps; an occurrence she had gotten accustomed to dealing with, every month.

Deep down, she knew that the reason for her dampened mood was because she was yet to hear any word from Santo and his progress in requesting permission from his boss to visit home.

This bothered her the most, not the physical discomfort she was having.

Seated on an armed chair in her little room space, was her bossom friend, Gioia.

Concetta and Gioia had come a long way back. Their friendship had flourished from their teenage years to their early adult years, and both ladies had become inseparable.

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