Gene Borrello's story isn't something that everyone has already heard, read about, or seen on various documentaries and dramatic cable shows about the history of the Mafia. His story is current, not something from the days of Bugsy Siegel, Albert Anastasia, and Mayer Lansky or a Mario Puzzo compilation of the old days. The Borrello saga is about a thirty-six-year-old mob enforcer who was born into the life with the true nitty-gritty, unglamorous street life that led to his being locked up for a third of his life until he finally said... enough.

This true crime story about the life of Levit Fernandini comes from the author of Born in the Life: Gene Borrello.

Levit Fernandini was born in poverty in the Bronx, NYC, and attempted to escape through a life of crime. His journey is a testament to the power of change and will leave you feeling hopeful.

It is a story full of drugs, crime, and money, coming around the circle, being caught by the FBI, and prosecuted. But also, where is he now? What are his regrets and hopes for the future?

The Bronx, a borough in New York known for its high crime rates, has been grappling with the issue of drug-related crimes. Law enforcement agencies in the area have been working tirelessly to combat the drug trade and its associated criminal activities. Efforts to address the root causes of drug abuse and addiction are being made to create a safer environment for the residents of the Bronx.

Trust and Betrayal: The Levit Fernandini Story by Louis Romano offers us a perspective from a darker corner of life. A chance to wade the large, complex waves of family, crime, and the justice system alongside Mr. Levit Fernandini from the comfort of our seats. Who is this man, you might ask? Well, many things come to mind. A troubled youth turned criminal? A man on the run. A man staring down the cold, steel barrel of turmoil and betrayal. Even an infamous ex-drug lord. Fernandini checks all those boxes and more.

His story will give you reasons to suspect nearly everyone he knows.

Lucho Gonzales, a drug dealer from Colombia with a penchant for sex and murder, has no friends- only the wild companionship of a few psychotic men who dare to do his dirty work and a family too scared of his temper to do anything else.

When Gino and his on-again, off-again girlfriend Lisa cross paths with Lucho, they unwittingly upset the balance of crime. The result: Kidnapping, rape, and murder.

The Colombians may be dangerous, but the New York mob draws a line in the sand when it comes to family. The winner takes all.

Escaping prostitution, Suzie Ping now runs her own global human trafficking business, which stretches from China to Chinatown in NYC. Cold-blooded killer Danny Chu runs Chinatown with his Flying Dragons gang, and Suzie pays him for protection. When Suzie strikes up a love affair with Danny's #1 enemy, Gino Ranno, Don of the biggest Italian crime family in NYC, Danny schemes a plan to blackmail Suzie into poisoning Gino, leaving the Chinese full control of all illegal business dealings on the streets, including the gambling, drug, and construction business which would mean millions upon millions of dollars to his people. Danny had vowed to his grandparents he would right the wrong from many years past when the Chinese were EXCLUDED from obtaining work in America. Is Suzie's Chinese heritage and loyalty to her family back home stronger than her love for Gino, or will this West Side Story type of romance end Gino's life?

What happens when two, poor disadvantaged kids from the Bronx trade places for their senior semester of high school with two kids from affluent Ridgewood, NJ? Although less than 20, physical miles separate them, their worlds, as they discover in a school sociology experiment, might as well be a million miles away. Racial profiling, cyber bullying, fat shaming, interracial dating, gangs, and cockroaches vs special privilege, gym memberships, and hopes and dreams are experienced by the students for the first time. This inspirational teen/ya book explores what one does to make the world a better place after walking a mile in another's shoes. Do those with privilege go back to their life changed and determined to help those less fortunate? Do those from DeWitt-Clinton in the Bronx not let their ZIP CODE determine their destiny like their fellow student before them, Ralph Lauren, didn't? Which path will youth today follow? A realistic, life-view of the struggles teens face today; a cross between The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The Prince and the Pauper.

A fiery explosion in the sulfur mine kills his father leaving 5 year old Aspanu head of his family. His mother struggles as she is faced with signing his life away as an indentured servant, saying he will now work in the 100+ degree mines to pay off their debt. When the townspeople see no real change in their working conditions regarding their safety, and the people are fed up with unfair labor practices, they hold clandestine meetings to stage a massive riot in the square. Civil unrest boils and comes to a head. Impending, dangerous backlash looms when the mine owners find out. Aspanu's mother's 'connections' warn her to not be in the square when the riot takes place, and she in turn tells her son, but he doesn't listen. Screams, dark clouds of explosives, thunderous noise, and dead bodies line the streets. One of the bodies is someone who Aspanu loved dearly. Emmigrating to America, he tries to forget his heart-breaking past and make a new life for himself. He learns a lot about the values we all hold dear, and where the church, the mafia, and freinds and family fit in to that picture.

It's 1957. On a cold, February night, along a lonely road in Philadelphia, a little boy is found. DEAD. Someone still holds a secret. From HistoricMysteries.com However, hope still remains as Court TV, 48 Hours and America's Most Wanted have featured this case on recent episodes. Perhaps the lead everyone has been waiting for will present itself. Two main questions still abound, having left kind-hearted people around the world stumped. #1 WHAT would be the motive for wanting this little boy dead? #2 WHY hasn't this murder been solved all these years? It was a simplistic time in the United States. Pre-Kennedy assassination, pre-landing on the moon, before Viet Nam, before Love-Ins, and unfortunately, before DNA testing. Now it's 58 years later and Detective Vic Gonnella and Raquel Ruiz with their Type A personalities won't rest until the heinous injustice that was done to this little boy is exposed. Follow them as they criss-cross the country to conduct interviews and tear apart clues left cold in the police files of the Philadelphia Police Department. As clues and leads are followed, Detective Gonnella and Raquel find themselves continuously detoured by people's secret, double lives. YOU THINK I'M DEAD is the second in the detective Vic Gonnella series with INTERCESSION being the first.

The head of the biggest NYC crime family, Carmine Miceli, Jr., is taken in on racketeering charges. His lifelong friend, Gino Ranno, is forced to become the head of the family he has so desperately tried to keep at arm's length in this third book of Louis Romano's Gino Ranno mob series (FISH FARM, BESA).

The first order of business: The Russian mob. Infringing on the illegal profits made on the streets through prostitution, insurance scams, and the drug world, the Russians are also engaged in harvesting young female body parts through surgeons who are secretly on their payroll to be sold onto the black market to the highest bidder.

As Gino and the Albanian mafia join forces to end these brutal murders, a well-to-do American family finds themselves in a quandary when their college-aged son is in desperate need of a kidney transplant, and they are offered one for a price. How far will they go to save their son?

Drawn into their high-stakes game... A GAME OF PAWNS ... Gino soon comes to the heart-pounding realization that his life and a slew of people he's known for years are dependent upon him to keep them safe, and any of his decisions now will determine whether he, his friends, and associates live or die.

The Gino Ranno series: The streets of NYC are getting increasingly narrow as the different nationalities of mob families want more than their fair share of illegal, money-making activities. In FISH FARM, it was the mafia vs. the Colombian drug lords. In the 5-time award-winning BESA, the Albanians start an inner mob war when one of their own is shot during a drug deal gone bad, and now the Russians, who think they can muscle their way into Gino's backyard.

Louis Romano's extensive hands-on research for GAME OF PAWNS has been compared to a Patricia Cornwell novel for its accuracy.

Since his first incarceration at age 17, John Alite has been known as a mobster. Now, he's attempting to change that perception people have of him and hopefully save a few teens from making the same mistakes he did.

A former enforcer for the Gambino crime family and close confidante to the John Gotti family, John has been in and out of jail (mostly in) for a large portion of his adult life.

He hit a turning point though which has now led him down a path of which he can be proud...and alive.

When you get in deep enough and are caught in their web, you realize there's no way out.

In his former world, where respect is earned by doing the most heinous crimes, Alite's new world revolves around his family, his private spiritual life, and his mission to deter anyone from a no-win life situation.

I can't change the past, but I can help other people's futures...and by that I feel good about myself.

One of my main messages in the talks I give is even if you think it's your nature to get revenge on someone who's bullied, harmed, or threatened to harm you or someone you care about, is that it takes a bigger man to walk away. I can at least say I've never killed a woman.

After witnessing supposedly loyal, tough-guy mafiosa ratting each other out and knowing they'd do the same thing to him in a heartbeat to save their own skin, John eventually said to himself, Enough.

Finding a good mentor was something that helped John stay the course. He admits to not being overly religious but converted and was baptized into Catholicism during his journey and credits a couple of good priests and others to help him be accountable and stay the course to do good in the world a legacy he much prefers since becoming a grandfather.

My kids missed out on my being there most of the years they were growing up. I never intended for that to happen.

When Alite isn't speaking to youth, parents, and with the law enforcement who ironically used to track his every move, he likes to spend time working out, playing handball, experiencing cultural events, traveling, relaxing on the beach, playing with his dogs, and of course, spending time with his real family.

I really enjoy life and don't take it for granted anymore like I used to. I do not make excuses for my past, nor do I blame anyone (especially my parents) for the path I took. A message I try to get across to troubled youth is that their past does not have to define them. Be positive. Stay positive. I murdered, robbed, beat up, sold drugs...you name it...but look at me now.

John Alite - A re-made man

In January of 2020, the Quds Force Major General, Qasem Soleimani, was killed while in a motorcade at the Baghdad International airport by a United States airstrike, at the order by President Donald J. Trump.

His death set the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, his organization, on its ear, with revenge as their only goal.

Soleimani's boss, Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, ordered Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani, the commander of the terrorist group, to exact revenge directly against the United States using their unconventional warfare tactics.

The Quds Force-the English translation is Jerusalem Force-with ties to the Lebanese Hezbollah and Hamas, has a footprint in the United States, mainly in New York City. The organization is closely associated with terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Palestine Liberation Army, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and Jordan, and proved to be disastrous.

Arash Hasham Hoosmand, a colonel in the Quds Force, was charged with exacting the revenge of Soleimani in the United States.

A maniacal religious fanatic, a physician following the preaching of his reverend and mentor uses quotes the bible to go on a crusade against the LGBTQ+ community. He becomes a serial killer and is sought by the FBI and investigators Vic Gonnella and Raquel Ruiz who are recurring characters in the Vic Gonnella detective series. Twists and turns take place as the killer is chased to prevent further murders.

The head of the biggest NYC crime family, Carmine Miceli, Jr., is taken in on racketeering charges. His life-long friend, Gino Ranno, is forced to become the head of the family he has so desperately tried to keep at arm's length in this 3rd book of Louis Romano's Gino Ranno, mob series (FISH FARM, BESA).

The first order of business: The Russian mob. Infringing on the illegal profits made on the streets through prostitution, insurance scams, and the drug world, the Russians are also engaged in harvesting young, female body parts, through surgeons who are secretly on their payroll, to be sold onto the black market to the highest bidder.

As Gino and the Albanian mafia join forces to end these brutal murders, a well-to-do American family find themselves in a quandary when their college-aged son is in desperate need of a kidney transplant and they are offered one for a price. How far will they go to save their son?

Drawn into their high stakes game... A GAME OF PAWNS ... Gino soon comes to the heart-pounding realization that his life and a slew of people he's known for years are dependent upon him to keep them safe and any of his decisions now will determine whether he, his friends, and associates live or die.

The Gino Ranno series: The streets of NYC are getting increasingly narrow as the different nationalities of mob families are wanting more than their fair share of illegal, money-making activities. In FISH FARM it was the mafia vs the Colombian drug lords, then in the 5-time award-winning BESA the Albanians start an inner mob war when one of their own is shot during a drug deal gone bad, and now the Russians, who think they can muscle their way into Gino's backyard.

Louis Romano's extensive hands-on research for GAME OF PAWNS has been compared to a Patricia Cornwell novel for its accuracy

The head of the biggest NYC crime family, Carmine Miceli, Jr., is taken in on racketeering charges. His life-long friend, Gino Ranno, is forced to become the head of the family he has so desperately tried to keep at arm's length in this 3rd book of Louis Romano's Gino Ranno, mob series (FISH FARM, BESA).

The first order of business: The Russian mob. Infringing on the illegal profits made on the streets through prostitution, insurance scams, and the drug world, the Russians are also engaged in harvesting young, female body parts, through surgeons who are secretly on their payroll, to be sold onto the black market to the highest bidder.

As Gino and the Albanian mafia join forces to end these brutal murders, a well-to-do American family find themselves in a quandary when their college-aged son is in desperate need of a kidney transplant and they are offered one for a price. How far will they go to save their son?

Drawn into their high stakes game... A GAME OF PAWNS ... Gino soon comes to the heart-pounding realization that his life and a slew of people he's known for years are dependent upon him to keep them safe and any of his decisions now will determine whether he, his friends, and associates live or die.

The Gino Ranno series: The streets of NYC are getting increasingly narrow as the different nationalities of mob families are wanting more than their fair share of illegal, money-making activities. In FISH FARM it was the mafia vs the Colombian drug lords, then in the 5-time award-winning BESA the Albanians start an inner mob war when one of their own is shot during a drug deal gone bad, and now the Russians, who think they can muscle their way into Gino's backyard.

Louis Romano's extensive hands-on research for GAME OF PAWNS has been compared to a Patricia Cornwell novel for its accuracy

A fiery explosion in the sulfur mine leaves 5 year-old Aspanu head of his family. His mother signs papers saying he will now work in the 100+ degree mines to pay off their debt. Civil unrest ensues as people are fed up with unfair labor practices & hold clandestine meetings to stage a defensive riot. Backlash looms when the mine owners find out.