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Rallenti: A Mafia Romance (The Battaglia Mafia Series) Kindle Edition

by Sienna Mynx (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 637 ratings
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“One word. You must learn it, before we begin,” he traced his finger now across the outline of her lip. “Say it with me. Rallenti.” – Renaldo Cracchiolo

The year is 1993. Life as an enforcer for one of the most notorious crime bosses in Italy isn’t easy. Renaldo Cracchiolo is a Sicilian who takes pride in the oaths of omerta to honor and obey the wishes of his Don. It’s the reason why he was chosen to cross the Atlantic to New York City. However, the woman he meets and the time they share changes his heart and destiny.
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    198 pages
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  4. Publication date
    September 11, 2014
  5. Reading age
    16 - 18 years
  6. Grade level
    12 and up
  7. File size
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00NC1GHA6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Divas Pen LLC (September 11, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 11, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1004 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 198 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 637 ratings

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Sienna Mynx

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Do you like strong, sensual, alpha bad boys forced to humble themselves for the women they love? Me too. I am Sienna Mynx, the naughty writer of over thirty contemporary and historical romances. My stories have often been accused of sweeping readers away in heart-racing decadence that can provoke laughter, soft sighs and even gratifying tears. To learn more about my work be sure to visit the website http://thedivaspen.com

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Nicole V.
5.0 out of 5 stars Charming, Mysterious, Sexy & Dangerous!
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2015
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Spoiler Alert! This is an excellent installment in the Battaglia Mafia series. Renaldo Cracchiolo is a gorgeous tall, dark, handsome Sicilian who is drawn to a beautiful young Nigerian New Yorker, Kyra who is recently laid off by Mirabella Enterprises. The company is closing its New York Headquarters and headed for Paris & Milan. Kyra, a temp Receptionist and amateur shoe designer wants to follow the company abroad, especially when she meets Renaldo, a Mafia Bodyguard on assignment in New York to Catalina & Marietta Battaglia. He takes his role very seriously and refuses to allow himself to be distracted by beautiful women, with the exception being Kyra. The romance is sweet and works well with the Battaglia Mafia Series. It's actually a novella of the series, following Book 4: La Famiglia and preceding Book 5: Amore. Renaldo is a soldier first, and he is willing to sacrifice his own personal happiness for the sake of his pact to the brotherhood. But when Kyra's ex begins stalking her, Renaldo strikes back with a vengeance that could jeopardize his future with his new found love and his ties to the Battaglias. Kyra faces some hard learned lessons about love and career choices which will lead her down a dangerous path. Ultimately, she will be led to the heart of the Battaglias, and receive the opportunity of a lifetime, to join with her idol, the fierce African American Designer, Mafia Donna Mirabella Battaglia and find a way to be with the love of her life, Renaldo. Bravo!
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Michelle
4.0 out of 5 stars Just a Taste
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2017
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Rallenti is a quick lighthearted read that nicely compliments the Battaglia Series. Sienna Mynx did a good job of creating a new storyline to coincide with the main books of the series. Although there are cameos from several characters in the previous Battaglia books, this novella is Kyra’s story. Kyra, a young woman of Nigerian descent, has hopes of becoming a shoe designer for Mirabella’s. She struggles with pursuing her dream against her family’s expectations of her. Kyra jumps at the chance to use Renaldo, an enforcer to the Battaglia clan, as her big break to move up at Mirabella’s. Fate would have it that Kyra and Renaldo end up helping each other in ways they never could have predicted.

After reading other reviews of Rallenti, I realized that some readers were disappointed because they either did not like Kyra’s character or wanted to learn more about Renaldo story. I actually found both to be aspects that made the story work. For example, Kyra is twenty-three and was raised with a relatively traditional Nigerian family. Where her actions and decisions probably made some readers dislike her as the main character, Mynx stayed true to her description. She was carefree, naïve and fearless all the things that most people her age embody on their journey towards self-discovery. Mynx clearly shows the contrast in culture and upbringing between Kyra and Renaldo in a way that is engaging but also explains the attraction between the two characters. Although they are four years apart in age, their differences in lifestyles are a major part of what they find so intriguing about one another.

I believe Sienna Mynx stated while talking about the Battaglia Series that the only couple she was invested in was Don Giovanni and Donna Mirabella. This explains why although this story gives the reader a glimpse into Renaldo’s world it is not his full story. There is still so much that is not shared about Renaldo’s family and background that if revealed may cause the reader to become more invested in him than the main characters of the series. In order to maintain the premise of the entire series, it could not be all about Renaldo. In my opinion, this is why this story works well as a novella and with Kyra being the main character. It gives the reader just enough details to act as an appetizer to wet their palate for the next main book in the series while at the same time entertaining enough to make the reader want more.
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gunnysgirl
5.0 out of 5 stars Rallenti
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2014
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Of course, this book is NOT for those who have already read it. The Box Set has been removed (which all authors said was going to happen) and each author maybe putting their books out as single books. Some are adding to their books and some are not. Sienna isn't the only one whose book is complete! (well, the story she wanted to tell here is complete!) She never said she was going to have added story in this book. That will be for the next Battaglia Book that will be coming out. This book is for those who have NOT read it. There ARE those people out there, you know. This is all ado about nothing but bitching! Go get your refunds. Damn! This is ridiculous. Has anyone thought to email Sienna and ask about your concerns rather than tear her down, here?

Anyway, I loved Rallenti! And I love Sienna so much I have the box set and I bought this book to add to my Battaglia Mafia books (cause that is another reason why she is doing this..it can be separated to be with the series which can't be done when it's with the box set).

Finally, there is no ripoff. With the box set you spent 99 cents on 9 books. That's 10 cents for Rallenti! What the heck are you all whining about?
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backmanr
5.0 out of 5 stars This was so good, I read it in a day!
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2014
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Sienna Mynx makes you want love and romance in your life! This woman writes with dramatic passion. Her characters (both male and female) are strong and fierce. The female characters make you question their sanity from time to time, but otherwise their on point.

I've enjoyed reading this series and am waiting with baited breath for the release of the final installment; Amore. You won't be disappointed with this series if you love passionate and strong male characters that love strong black women.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2016
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This was a great book........ Loved the story line... I have to start this serious from the beginning not sure where this book fall in line
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2016
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I loved this book my first from this author I was interested to find out more and was pleasantly surprised at how fun and easy this book was to read I always just thought names would be hard to pronounce ect and kept away why I don't know because I really enjoyed this book and this won't be my last I will happily pay for this author again and would recommend others also to read her work 🔥👌🏼

Well paced and good story line some parts were very steamy bringing it all to life 😜
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in Canada on September 12, 2014
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I love all Battaglia Mafia series they are all amazing story telling so if you need an excellent book to read, you look no further but for these series..This book is a five star rating...will recommend this book to anyone over eighteen. Well done Sienna looking forward for book 5
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Lébrondae
4.0 out of 5 stars Seducing my mind with wetting my appetite
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2016
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I wanted more, no, I needed more of this storyline, but I suppose Sienna Mynx know's how to wet an appetite to get you to buy into this Sicilian mafia series and she knew how to infused a juicy preliminary short story Rallenti (slow down) to use, which I have bought into, well and truly. I'm really not one to like foreign accent, but I am intrigued and I have been enticed to start buying up this whole sequel to read, as Sienna Mynx has suckered me into with this introduction of this prelude to the series. This is not my first time reading a book by this author and Sienna Mynx is one of my favourite authors, her writing skills are very much, top notch! And reading this book has proven to me how skilled she is at her art, as she has teased my imagination into wanting more information about the Battaglia mafia storyline. If you want more info on this book, get it! It is free! Read for yourself, I most certainly recommend this book.
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Nockleighton
5.0 out of 5 stars Big strong and very long
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2021
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Absolutely loved learning more about Renaldo. This was a good short novella introducing us to new characters that I hope Will be featured in future books
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8RR
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2016
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It's an okay beach read. Easy read. Done in a few hours.
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