Blood Ties In The Shadows - Joseph Jethro

Ramello, an adopted boy, shares a home with his three uncaring brothers. He yearns for attention and to be freed from the cruel abuse he endures. But then he loses what little he has when dragged into the perilous world of mobsters. Ramello's existence takes a dangerous turn when he encounters dark figures who ask questions he cannot reply to, leaving him feeling helpless and afraid.

He is soon captured and held captive by a vicious mobster who needs information that he does not possess. He learns that his brothers have deserted him and joined forces with a specific terrible crook. Firmly determined to restore his lifestyle to how it used to be, Ramello tries to fight the odds and break out of the gangster underworld.

Will his life ever return to how it used to be, or will he forever stay within the murky gangster underworld, where there may be no escape?