Stella di Mare by Patricia Bellomo
When retired mobster Louie Morelli takes over the Walker Hotel in South Beach, he has no idea that Manny Bommarito's dying grandfather has confessed to stealing the famed Blue Diamond necklace and burying it beneath the floor in room 313. Current hotel proprietor and consummate party-boy Franco Santia has defaulted on the two million dollars Manny loaned him four years earlier. In dire financial straits, he realizes that only a sledgehammer stands between him and the forty carat diamond worth millions hidden in the floorboards at the hotel. But before he can swindle Manny out of his grandpa's inheritance, Louie tosses him from the hotel. Meanwhile, womanizer Louie is hot for Tara Evans, the hotel manager, and just as their relationship begins to heat up, Manny starts harassing Tara and Louie's wife begins issuing ultimatums. After Louie sells the necklace to an international diamond dealer, he struggles to keep two women happy as he relies on his con skills to swindle a degenerate filmmaker, extract vigilante justice, and keep himself from being murdered.
- Paperback: 328 pages
- Publisher: iUniverse (June 15, 2010)
- ISBN-13: 978-1450222105
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