{"product_id":"loyalty-9780525539834","title":"Loyalty","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline presents \u003ci\u003eLoyalty\u003c\/i\u003e, an emotional, action-packed epic of love and justice, set during the rise of the Mafia in Sicily.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoyalty can save a soul--or destroy one.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Franco Fiorvanti is a handsome lemon grower toiling on the estate of a baron. He dreams of owning his own grove, but the rigid class system of Sicily thwarts his ambition. Determined to secure a better future, Franco will do anything to prove his loyalty to the baron. But when the baron asks him to kidnap a little boy named Dante, Franco makes a decision that will change his life--and even the history of Sicily--forever.\u003cbr\u003e Gaetano Catalano is an idealistic young lawyer whose devotion to justice is tantamount to a calling. He's a member of the \u003ci\u003eBeati Paoli\u003c\/i\u003e, a real-life secret society of aristocrats who investigate crime in Palermo, a city riddled with graft. Gaetano sets out to find the boy and punish the kidnapper, but his mission leads him to a darker place than he had ever imagined.\u003cbr\u003e Meanwhile, Mafalda Pancari is a new mother rejoicing at the birth of her daughter, Lucia, when disaster strikes. And Alfredo D'Antonio is a reclusive goatherd under constant threat of being discovered as a Jew. How the lives of these unforgettable characters collide makes \u003ci\u003eLoyalty\u003c\/i\u003e an epic tale of good versus evil, as the story twists and turns to its monumental showdown.\u003cbr\u003e Readers will be transported to the dramatic and ruggedly beautiful island of Sicily, the jewel of the Mediterranean, where lush lemon groves and mouth-watering cuisine contrast with a turbulent history of colonization and corruption. Scottoline brings her decades of thriller writing to historical fiction, creating in \u003ci\u003eLoyalty\u003c\/i\u003e a singular novel that no reader will be able to put down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Scottoline \u003c\/b\u003eis the number-one bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of thirty-five novels. A former president of Mystery Writers of America, she has thirty million copies of her books in print and has been published in thirty-five countries. Her books have been optioned for film and television, and she has also co-authored a series of humorous memoirs with her daughter, novelist Francesca Serritella. A former lawyer, Scottoline taught a course she developed, \"Justice \u0026amp; Fiction,\" at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, her alma mater. She lives on a farm outside Philadelphia with an array of disobedient pets.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575831302418,"sku":"9780525539834","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4e01ad17-062c-439b-a803-83e8ce569fbd.jpg?v=1748522709","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/loyalty-9780525539834","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}