About the book: 2000 / Policeman Tony Peretti and his beautiful sister Marionetta become hostages of an old oath that their grandfather gave to fellow countryman Alfonso Moruzzi, who saved him from persecution by the Sicilian authorities . Many years have passed. Moruzzi, now a major mafioso, demands repayment of his debt of honor. And Tony is forced to become an informant for the mafia, and Marionetta is forced to marry a man she hates, the most rude and cruel of Moruzzi. Lying in the rough embrace of her hated husband, Marionetta cursed her beauty and that fateful day when her grandfather swore an oath of allegiance to Alfonso Moruzzi, who saved him from persecution by the Sicilian authorities. Many bitter days will pass before she finally finds love. But Marionette will have to pay too high a price for her happiness.…