Review & Spotlight Post: Shadowed Loyalty by Roseanna M. White

May 02, 2022

Review & Spotlight Post: Shadowed Loyalty by Roseanna M. White

by Roseanna M. White

About the Book

Sabina Mancari never questioned her life as the daughter of Chicago’s leading mob boss until bullets tear her world apart and the man she thought she loved turned out to be an undercover Prohibition agent. Now she sees how ugly the world can be. Ambushes, bribes, murder, prostitution–she thought her beloved Papa was above all that, but clearly he isn’t. What does that mean, though, for her and their family? Maybe Lorenzo, the fiancé who has barely paid her any attention in the last two years, has the right idea by planning to escape their world.

All his life, Lorenzo’s family assumed he would join the Church, but he has different ideas–marrying Sabina and pursuing a career in the law. But despite his morals, he knows at the core he isn’t so unlike his father and brothers, which has always terrified him. Has he, in trying to protect Sabina from his flaws, in fact harmed her? It sure seems that way when he realizes he all but forced her into the arms of the Prohibition Agent now bent on tearing her family apart at all costs. But how can they rebuild what has so long been neglected…and do it in the shadow of the dark empire of the Mafia?

Shadowed Loyalty, set amid the glitz and scandal of the Roaring Twenties, examines what love really means and how we draw lines between family and our own convictions, especially when following the one could mean losing the other.

My Thoughts

From the talented pen of Roseanna M. White comes a tale of betrayal, self-realization, and redemption set in Roaring Twenties Chicago.

I have long adored the 1920s and when I first heard about this story, I was immediately excited to read it. There’s no doubt that I loved getting to immerse myself in that roaring decade through this book, but White’s immense talent with the written word made the story something truly special.

Sabina was my favorite part of the story. She is such a sweetheart and I really felt for her. Though she is flawed, as we all are, she really does have a big and caring heart. And I loved Lorenzo. He was guarded, but as the book progressed, we really got to see that he had a heart of gold and truly did love Sabina and wanted what was best for her. It was endearing to read about them getting to know each other and fall in love all over again in spite of all they’d been through.

White handles the Twenties with style and flair, painting an authentic Jazz Age setting for this story of a Mafioso’s daughter and a man of the law. Questions of family loyalty in the midst of jarring revelations are threaded throughout the book, coupled with genuine messages of faith. The book also sheds light on gender inequality, touching on issues of double standards and highlighting finding worth in a supreme being rather than in how the world views us.

Filled with heart-stopping adventure, knee-buckling romance, and hope-filled truths, Shadowed Loyalty is a story that any lover of historical fiction will want to read.

Many thanks to the author and Chrism Press for a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, Christy Award winning author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of a slew of historical novels that span several continents and thousands of years. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to find their way into her books…to offset her real life, which is blessedly ordinary. You can learn more about her and her stories at www.RoseannaMWhite.com

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