[dcs_p]Mob Blog: Miami Beach, June 29, 2013[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
In Louie Morelli’s words ….[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
I’m in Miami Beach with Victor. It’s the weekend before the 4th of July. We’re on the Stella di Mare, which is in a slip at the Miami Beach Marina. Storm clouds are bunched up on the edge of the horizon, blowing up from the Caribbean, but this doesn’t deter two bikini-clad young women from sunning themselves on the deck of my eighty-foot Hatteras. The girls just want to have fun.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
The ladies are thirtyish. One of them—Victor’s date, Molly—works at Franco’s, where we went last night. Molly introduced me to her friend, Heather, a recent transplant from Kansas City. Upon introduction, Heather gave me a meaningful little smile and said, “I just love Miami Beach.” [/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Heather has fulfilled her purpose for being on my boat. She’s a nice girl, although she’s a little anxious. Trying too hard, I suspect. Heather has made it clear she wants to see me again. She knows I have deep pockets. She’s heard a well-founded rumor that I signed over a chunk of prime Miami Beach real estate to my last girlfriend. “Baby, don’t believe everything you hear,” I told her. “There were extenuating circumstances.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
It is true that I bequeathed the renowned Walker Hotel on Miami Beach to Tara. She is a very lovely lady with whom I had a very hot affair. (Stella di Mare) The transfer of Miami real estate to Tara was a rare occurrence. In fact, I can emphatically state that it will never happen again. But this doesn’t mean that I can’t show a girl a good time.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Heather and Molly are drinking Bloody Mary’s. Victor’s reading the Miami-Herald, the edges of his newspaper flapping in the breeze. I’ve been on the phone, talking business. Now I hit the End button on the smart phone my daughter insisted I upgrade to, and which I really can’t stand, and look upwards. The clouds are moving in. It’s time to go.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
“Victor,” I say. “Tell them we’re ready.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
The Stella’s engines are already running. Victor goes inside to tell the captain I’ve given the word. Molly pouts. She’s due on shift at Franco’s in a few hours and can’t go with us. But Heather will travel as far as Fort Lauderdale, where we’ll stop for lunch. From there I’ll send her home in a cab.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
I glance at my watch. It’s high noon on a Saturday in Miami Beach. My wife doesn’t expect me home until midnight. I have the whole day to play.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Patricia Bellomo is the author of the crime and mob fiction novels,Louie Morelli’s Mistress, Stella di Mare, and Louie Morelli’s Daughter. Patricia lives in the Detroit area with her husband, Vince, travelling frequently to South Florida and less frequently to New Orleans, the settings for her novels.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
This blog was written in the voice of her main character, mobster Louie Morelli.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Patricia’s books are available at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. Also in digital format for all e-readers.
[dcs_p]Mob Blog: My Summer With Jimmy Hoffa, June 18, 2013[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
I was fourteen the summer Jimmy Hoffa disappeared. Before his disappearance I knew of him … vaguely. I grew up in a suburb of Detroit, and only the tone-deaf or very young had never heard of Jimmy Hoffa. I’d heard the name on television and seen it in the newspapers, but it held no significance for me. It was background noise. After all, I was fourteen, and it was summer.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Like Coleman Young and Walter Reuther, Hoffa was mentioned in adult conversations and on the evening news. This was the seventies, and we didn’t have the twenty-four hour news cycle that we do today, but I’d heard enough to know that Jimmy Hoffa was a bigshot.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Then one morning I came downstairs for breakfast, and my mother said, “Jimmy Hoffa’s missing.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
It was big news. I didn’t quite understand it. No one had ever really explained to me what the Teamsters were, although the Teamsters and UAW were code words for those boring news cycles I regularly tuned out. But now my mother explained the details to the best of her ability. As I understood it, there was no great mystery. Everyone assumed that Jimmy Hoffa had been taken by the men who’d given him his power—the mob.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Now someone had to explain to me what the mafia was and how it operated. But I was confused, particularly since I was hearing the surnames of family friends and acquaintances on the evening news. Familiar names, more familiar than Hoffa’s had ever been.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Eventually, the Hoffa story dragged on, and the rest, as they say, is history. But I’m bringing this story to you today because the FBI is digging again in Oakland County. It’s the third or fourth dig in recent years, and it’s the lead story on the local news. Naturally, I understand everything a whole lot better now.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Hearing the details of Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance again, with flashes of photo’s of the Machus Red Fox, which is now an Andiamo’s—a local restaurant chain that my husband and I occasionally frequent, brings to mind that late summer of my youth when world events crept in and left a defining moment, in much the same way Nixon and Watergate had marked an earlier summer.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
For me, it’s a bit nostalgic. Those seventies summers were gorgeous, the days when I knew leisure untouched by work or responsibility. For the Hoffa family it was the beginning of a long, lingering nightmare.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
For all the media hype accompanying this latest dig, I’m skeptical. A farmer who raised livestock on the property claims he buried dead pigs on the land so the FBI may turn up a few bones. I’m sure they’ll know if they’re human or not.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
So the dig continues today, with the media and a crowd of spectators watching from a distance.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
If they find Jimmy Hoffa’s body, you’ll know. It will be all over the news for days and weeks to come. And then I’ll have another summer of Hoffa.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Patricia Bellomo is the author of the crime and mob fiction novels, Louie Morelli’s Mistress, Stella di Mare, and Louie Morelli’s Daughter. Patricia lives in the Detroit area with her husband, Vince, travelling frequently to South Florida and less frequently to New Orleans, the settings for her novels.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Books available at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. Also available in digital format for all e-readers. Available on AmazonUK & AmazonEU.
Patricia Bellomo’s sexy South Beach thriller, Stella di Mare, is Free on Kindle!!![dcs_p]
Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to read Patricia Bellomo’s sexy mob book, Stella di Mare. Starting today, Saturday, June 8 and running through Monday, June 10, 2013, Stella di Mare is free on Amazon Kindle. This is a one-time only promotion, offering you the full, updated version of Stella di Mare. [/dcs_p][dcs_p]”Stella di Mare is a bit like TheSoprano’s meets South Beach, except that Louie Morelli is the mobster you’ll fall in love with.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]As one of Bellomo’s reader says, “Louie is the kind of man we all wished we knew.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]”Ms. Bellomo, I am now a fan. You should market “Stella di Mare” as a screenplay!”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]”Great characters. A fun read.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]”Lots of twists and turns … sex, money, murder, mystery, love, money, yachts, the mob, Florida sun and nightlife. Can’t wait to read the next one.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]Download your free kindle book here (Amazon. com/Stella di Mare)
Stella di Mare by Patricia Bellomo[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Tara Evans loves working at Miami’s swank Walker Hotel. The only problem is Tara’s boss, Franco Santia. When he’s not hitting on her, he’s hustling hot diamonds and snorting lines with his creepy pal, Manny Bommarino. He’s also borrowing heavily from savvy investor, Louie Morelli.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
When Louie assumes control of the Walker, Tara’s life takes an exciting turn. Louie’s a charmer, and she’s hot for him even before he seduces her on his yacht, the Stella di Mare. Tara soon discovers Louie is married, and that he is not just connected to the mob, he is the mob.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Tossed from his hotel, Franco is desperate to get back in. He’s hidden a stolen Blue Diamond necklace in Room 313; a necklace Manny will do anything—including committing murder—to get. Convinced Tara has it, Manny starts stalking her.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Nobody touches Louie’s girl. Employing old-fashioned mob tactics, Louie persuades Franco to betray Manny. Then he devises a scam involving a famous producer, an eccentric diamond dealer, and his lovely mistress, Tara.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Caught up in a high-stakes world where power and money rule, Tara faces shocking new truths about herself and her lover. And now, as her fate and Louie’s becomes even more entwined, Tara makes a decision that will drastically alter their relationship and put her life in danger.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]Patricia Bellomo is the author of the mafia fiction books, Louie Morelli’s Mistress, Stella di Mare, and Louie Morelli’s Daughter. Books available on Amazon.com and at Barnes and Noble. In ebook & digital format for all e-readers.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]Books available on AmazonUK & AmazonEU. E-books in US, UK, DE, FR,ES,IT,JP,CA, BR.
[dcs_p]Mob Blog: Louie Morelli’s Daughter, June 3, 2013[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Midwest Book Review says Patricia Bellomo’s classic mob thriller book, Louie Morelli’s Daughter, “is a fast packed action and adventure thriller, highly recommended.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Writer’s Digest gives 5 stars to Louie Morelli’s Daughter.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Louie Morelli’s Daughter is now available on AmazonUK, AmazonEU, and in Asia and Japan.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
“This South FLorida mob thriller is a must read for any thriller/suspense reader.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
“Louie Morelli’s Daughter is a suspenseful, thrilling book with realistic characters and a plot that is both unique and enticing. Patricia Bellomo sucessfully explores a world filled with power, sex, and money, candidly revealing the violence necessary to maintain such an elegant lifestyle.” Geoffrey Hoesch[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Louie Morelli’s Daughter by Patricia Bellomo[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Stella Romano’s husband, Johnny, is gambling with her life. He mortgages the mini-mansion gifted Stella by her rich daddy, Louie Morelli, to pay off loan sharks. But Johnny blows the money in Vegas, and his unsavory creditors seize Stella as collateral. In one terror-filled night, Stella’s world is turned upside down.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
While Sella struggles to stay alive, Louie and his associates set a trap for the kidnappers. From glitzy Palm Beach to the the streets of Detroit, and to the hot hills of Acapulco and alleys of New Orleans, Louie’s revenge is plotted and extracted. When an innocent man gets in Louie’s way and becomes the victim of a fatal “accident”, bad things begin to happen. Louie is determined that anyone who harmed his baby will pay, including Johnny. But he risks alienating Stella, who is slowley being transformed from daddy’s darling to an accomplice to murder.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Louie Morelli’s Daughter is the third novel in Bellomo’s non-sequential “Louie Morelli” series.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Patricia Bellomo is the author of the crime and mob thriller books, Louie Morelli’s Mistress, Stella di Mare, and Louie Morelli’s Daughter. All books available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Also available in e-book format. AmazonUk & AmazonEU.
[dcs_p] Louie Morelli’s Mistress by Patricia Bellomo, June 3, 2013[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Enjoy this Youtube video of Patricia Bellomo’s latest mob book, Louie Morelli’s Mistress.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
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New Orleans realtor, Robert Fontenay, sells a house to Mercedes Glapion. But Mercedes is no ordinary client. She’s drop dead gorgeous, owns a voodoo shop in The Quarter, and is the mistress of crime boss, Louie Morelli.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Within days of meeting Mercedes, Robert’s life is turned upside down. He breaks off his engagement, falls in love with Mercedes and her eccentric little girl, Ceci, and witnesses the murder of a prominent politician.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
It’s not too long before investigating FBI agents target Robert. He is expected to spy on his lover, but Louie is one step ahead of the Feds, and he makes Robert an offer he can’t refuse.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Caught between mob and FBI, Robert is plunged into New Orleans’s gritty underworld. Lines between good and evil blur as Robert struggles with his passion for Mercedes, his conscience, and his growing admiration for Louie. Soon, Robert realizes that the only person he can trust is Louie. But trusting the enigmatic mobster is dangerous, and it’s not too long before Robert becomes embroiled in a horrific crime.[/dcs-p][dcs_p]
Patricia Bellomo writes about mobsters and millionaires in South FLorida and New Orleans. Although Patricia’s books are part of a series, the sexy mob thrillers are non-sequential. [/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Patricia swears her books are pure fiction, but she does admit to having known a few Louie Morelli types in her life. “I’m a regular mob moll,” she says.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]Patricia’s books are available at Amazon.com & Barnes & Noble. On Kindle, Nook, i-books, sony & other e-reader formats.
