Title: Chasing Karma(Karma #1)
Author: C. Shell
Genre:
ContemporaryRomance
Release Date: April 2,
2014
Synopsis
My name is Karma Gallo. If you
have heard of me than I am sure you are remembering a story about a police
raid, missing person report, or an FBI probe into my family. There are so many
stories and unfortunately most are true.
I might not have had a traditional upbringing, but my dad
did the best he could. I am the apple of his eye. He taught me how to lie,
fight, and shoot to kill by the time I was seven. I might be considered a
princess, but I don't take shit from anyone. My father is a well known,
dangerous, Mob Boss in Chicago. I am tired of living my life under a microscope
with people staring at me in awe and befriending me out of fear. My dad and his
goons watch my every move, trying to keep me safe, but safety is never a
guarantee and a life can be taken at any time. I made a deal with my dad and in
twelve days my life will change. I am moving to another state and starting
college where no one knows me. I need a fresh start. I feel trapped. If I don't
get out soon I am afraid I will awake one day and no longer recognize the
carefree happy girl I once was. Seeing death, drugs, and even torture on a
daily basis can do that to a person.
***** Nothing in life is ever as it seems
and once you are in the mob, you are in it for life. Karma meets two gorgeous
men in college and both will fight to win her love, but neither is what they
seem. While one wants to protect her the other plans on using her for his own
agenda. Once all is revealed will love be enough or will all the lies and
deceit tear everything apart. This is book one in a two book series
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About The Author
I have loved books, especially romance novels, since I was
in high school. I find the happy endings and endless possibilities alluring and
addictive. My favorite characters to write are independent, alpha natured, sassy
mouthed, reckless, and dirty minded. I currently reside in Texas and when I am
not thinking up my next bad-boy character, I am working in the community
rescuing dogs while being a wife and mother to my wonderful family.
Excerpt
Preface
Twelve days until freedom.
Well, not exactly complete freedom, but more than I
currently have living in the same home and city as my father, the all powerful
scary mob boss of Chicago, Toni Gallo. The sooner I can get out from under his
thumb and watchful eye the better. Don't get me wrong, I love my father and
understand his reasons for being overprotective when it comes to my safety and
well being, but understanding it does not make it easier to handle.
Between losing my mother to cancer when she was only
thirty-four and being the principessato one of the top
mafia crime bosses in the Chicago area, my pops is scared to death of losing me
to both natural and un-natural causes. There are not many things that scare my
dad. He is used to taking what he wants and controlling all those around him as
if he is playing a game of chess, but I am the last family he has left, and the
apple of his eye.
He has always been overprotective and cautious when it comes
to my welfare. It has been hard growing up surrounded by security detail and
having my every move tracked, but I understand his fears. I swear if he could
lock me in my room for the rest of my days he would do it. In all reality he is
less strict then most father's in his position of power.
I met another principessa named Gloria
at an Italian gathering my father made me attend around two years ago. The poor
girl seemed lost and so unhappy, not that her family gave a shit. She was not
allowed to make her own decisions and even her future husband would one day be
chosen by her father. My dad might be many things, but unlike others around
him, he respects me as a person and does not try to hold me back.
For the last four years I have been plotting my escape with
an acceptance to college. My one chance to get away and experience something
that resembles a normal life. One that does not involve police raids, sketchy
business dealings at all hours of the night, and friends that try and befriend
me out of fear and intrigue instead of true friendship.
On my sixteenth birthday I made a pact with my dad. As long
as I kept my grades up, stayed out of trouble, and graduated at the top of my
class than he would allow me to leave Chicago and go off to the college of my
choice. I would get a chance to live in the dorms anonymously without his best
men tracking my every move. I would get to be normal in a city that would not
jump with fear and awe at the mere mention of my last name.
Hell, I am nineteen years old and have yet to have a normal
date because all the boys were afraid to ask me out due to my father's wrath.
Jimmy Evans was my only boyfriend in high school and after my father found out
through one of his trusty men that Jimmy and I were having sex; my father
threatened his life and swore to tear his balls off and feed them to him if he
ever broke my heart. Two weeks later Jimmy and his family moved away and I
never heard from him again.
What kind of life is that?
I feel trapped. If I don't get out soon I am afraid I will
awake one day and no longer recognize the carefree happy girl I once was.
Seeing death, drugs, and even torture on a daily basis can do that to a person.
After keeping up my end of the bargain my dad has
reluctantly kept his and in twelve days I will be leaving this life and
beginning my new one at the Rice University in Houston, Texas. A who new life
where I can be Karma Gallo, college student and carefree teenager, instead of
Karma Gallo, daughter of renowned mob boss and weapons dealer.
In twelve days my life will finally begin.
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