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

The next minutes which followed, Gusty G stayed silent and so did I.

I'd gotten to the lift and was about to let myself in, but it seemed that someone else was already in it, and had only just arrived the ground floor when I heard the clinking sound of the lift as the door slowly drifted apart.

The beautiful ebony face that welcomed my eyes was a familiar one, but she had a look of surprise? Why is that?

She carefully and properly took elegant steps outside the lift as she greeted me as expected.

"Are you sure about that? You look rather stiff to me?"

At the time her boss continued to pry on the purpose for her countenance, Eleonora felt like she should be permitted to sink deep beneath the ground than find the courage to deliberate on the implicating scene she'd earlier beheld the boss's wife and a complete handsome stranger in.

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