Quick Recap
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To my readers:
It’s important to remember who fits where, so let’s break it down, starting with Quiet Wealth.
Ready?
Elio and Sienna meet when they are very young, and over the next ten years, they develop a deep and tender relationship. Elio and his family suddenly disappear, leaving zero trace of where they went. Sienna is left heartbroken and alone.
Present Day
Sienna, now a journalist for a newspaper in Tuscany, lands an exclusive job with a man named Mariano DeSimone. FYI, we don’t like him. Meanwhile, Elio is running his syndicate with his father, Piero.
Sienna Giovanna agrees to go to a work party with Mariano as his date and spots his partner, who just so happens to be Elio.
They meet, and it’s hot. Emotions surge to the surface, and it burns in them both. He tries to get back into her life.
Moving ahead.
Dating a member of the mafia brings the wolves out to play, and the best way to take down the Capri underboss is by hurting the one person he loves.
Now, for the Coppola family.
They are the second biggest mafia family and rule the mid-section of the country. They play dirty, and the boss is a young hothead named Stefano who would like nothing more than to have Sienna all to himself. Yeah, I know, I know. When you know the truth, it gets icky.
More stuff happens. They end up in New York where a gangster gets killed, Sienna is involved, and Elio realizes there’s way more to the story about who is trying to hurt his family than he thought.
A family meeting is held, and they decide not to go public that Elio and Sienna are dating and keep Mariano in the dark on their plans.
The book ends with Sienna running into her long-lost mother, and guns are drawn. It’s all very dramatic and leaves the door open to more questions.
Okay, on to Quiet Secrets.
Elio isn’t feeling good about Sienna’s mother showing up with two other men, Oscar and Ugo. Or the fact that his father’s consigliere, Francesco, seems to know Elenora, which only confuses everyone further.
Elenora isn’t overly warm or forthcoming with the information her daughter deserves, and right off the bat, that doesn’t go over well. However, she does discover Ugo is her cousin.
Elio and Sienna keep their relationship quiet while Sienna digs into Mariano’s life, trying to connect the dots on what he’s up to.
Anna comes on the scene. She is the daughter of a family friend who doesn’t like that Sienna is catching Elio’s eye—not that she has any problem finding other men to play with.
Stefano Coppola starts to encroach further into Capri territory. Elio calls on an old friend from his past to help take down some people in New York. Trigger is more than happy to offer his help.
A bomb goes off in the city and knocks Sienna out cold. Yes, the bomb was meant for her. She wakes to find herself in a house with an old lady who tells someone that Sienna’s there and to come and get her.
She escapes, Elio finds her, and more secrets are revealed, but more questions come to light.
Elio’s Nonna Greta seems to know who Sienna really is and wants her gone from the family, like, yesterday. So, yeah, Nonna knows something you don’t. Nonna doesn’t like Elio having a mind of his own now and tries to manipulate him into seeing Sienna as someone bad.
Not to mention Elio’s Aunt Noemi (who is married to his Uncle Bosco, and they are also Niccola and Vinni’s parents) seems lost and is living with Nonna Greta. So, you know that can’t be fun.
Elio, who is being led down a very dark path by Nonna Greta, starts to doubt who Sienna is. You must remember, she is his grandma, after all, and grandmothers are supposed to help mold their grandkids and hand off wisdom. After a lifetime of loving and learning from her, he would never suspect her of lying…not right away. I know you’re mad at him, but try to see it from his angle too.
Elenora leaks some secrets here and there (A beyond frustrating woman. I sometimes want to throat punch her, too.) but leaves the biggest one to the very end.
Sienna hands over proof to Elio that something big happened with Nonna Greta. He goes to his father and Francesco and explains what’s going on. Things turn bad quickly.
More stuff happens…I’m flipping the pages and scanning…
Oh, yes, here we are. Now for the ending. Ready?
Sienna comes face to face with Mariano, who now knows she was lying about being with Elio.
Mariano stuffs her into a car with the help of Greta’s consigliere, Abramo.
Greta tells Sienna she knows who she really is, gives her a train ticket to leave, then dumps her on the side of the road.
Elio tries to find Sienna but gets tricked and ends up being jumped by Stefano’s men. He arrives home and finds out something huge.
Sienna gets picked up by Ugo and her mother. Elenora reveals that Sienna is actually the daughter of Theo Coppola Oh, yeah, by the way, he’s dead, from long ago.
Plot twist!
Sienna tries to go back to tell Elio her huge news and finds his entire family at his house.
Somehow, they already know who she is, and Andrea confronts her with it.
Sienna, devastated, leaves a note, calls Ugo, and goes to a hotel. She needs time to figure out what she wants to do with this new information.
And breathe!
Now you are caught up. You are about to get one hell of ride in this next story.
So, hang on, go somewhere quiet, take notes if it helps, and enjoy!
- Writer
