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

Humberto and I placed our orders while I focused my gaze on the sparkly water body just a little farther from where we sat, and children basking in the afternoon glow at a near distance, playing, laughing and cheering themselves.

Wow! This is heaven! It surely does feel like it, and I can't say anything more than this.

I hope to have a kid of my own one day, but only that, that day would come when I am very ready and must have willingly opened my heart to another, the one who will receive it with love and cater for it blindly without giving me reason to doubt her love...

Chapter 97.