Release Blitz - Quiet Empire by J.L. Drake

Title: Quiet Empire

Series: Quiet Mafia #4

Author: J.L. Drake

Genre: Mafia Romance

Release Date: August 18, 2022

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As our empire rises, it’s time to remove all those who don’t belong.

Sienna

Now joined in power with Elio, we hatch a plan to show to the world that the Capri name will rule over Italy.

The decision stirs panic and causes a ripple effect throughout the country. Friendships and loyalties are tested. Truths are revealed as we prepare to fight any who oppose us.

With a careful eye on our enemies, we are circled by others with false intent. Secrets and weaknesses are revealed and lies are taken to the grave.

Elio

With our past behind us and our wounds healed, it’s time to take things to the next level. We tore down one kingdom, and now we’ll build another…together.

I knew that if we followed tradition, we’d look death in the eye every day. But I am a fighter, as is Sienna. We’re determined to have the life we’ve worked so desperately to build.

Meanwhile, a third player is still there on the sidelines trying to make his play, and when he does, it’s the biggest blow of them all.

With an enemy at every corner, we must fight through the chaos and bring an end to the Coppola name. All must submit to the Capri Syndicate.

After all, only one family can rule all of Italy.

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Author J.L. Drake was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, later moving to Southern California where she lives with her husband and two children. 

When she's not writing she loves to spend time with her family, traveling or just enjoying a night at home. One thing you might notice in her books is her love for the four seasons. Growing up on the east coast of Canada the change in the seasons is in her blood and is often mentioned in her writing. 

Her books can be found in different languages around the world.

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Cover Reveal - Quiet Empire by J.L. Drake

Title: Quiet Empire

Series: Quiet Mafia #4

Author: J.L. Drake

Genre: Mafia Romance

Cover Design: Deranged Doctor Designs

Release Date: August 18, 2022

BLURB

As our empire rises, it’s time to remove all those who don’t belong.

Sienna

Now joined in power with Elio, we hatch a plan to show to the world that the Capri name will rule over Italy.

The decision stirs panic and causes a ripple effect throughout the country. Friendships and loyalties are tested. Truths are revealed as we prepare to fight any who oppose us.

With a careful eye on our enemies, we are circled by others with false intent. Secrets and weaknesses are revealed and lies are taken to the grave.

Elio

With our past behind us and our wounds healed, it’s time to take things to the next level. We tore down one kingdom, and now we’ll build another…together.

I knew that if we followed tradition, we’d look death in the eye every day. But I am a fighter, as is Sienna. We’re determined to have the life we’ve worked so desperately to build.

Meanwhile, a third player is still there on the sidelines trying to make his play, and when he does, it’s the biggest blow of them all.

With an enemy at every corner, we must fight through the chaos and bring an end to the Coppola name. All must submit to the Capri Syndicate.

After all, only one family can rule all of Italy.

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Author J.L. Drake was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, later moving to Southern California where she lives with her husband and two children. 

When she's not writing she loves to spend time with her family, traveling or just enjoying a night at home. One thing you might notice in her books is her love for the four seasons. Growing up on the east coast of Canada the change in the seasons is in her blood and is often mentioned in her writing. 

Her books can be found in different languages around the world.

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Release Blitz - Quiet Power by J.L. Drake

Title: Quiet Power

Series: Quiet Mafia #3

Author: J.L. Drake

Genre: Mafia Romance

Release Date: March 24, 2022

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The time has come to take back the power and let the kingdom fall.

Sienna

It’s time to make my move. With solid proof on my finger, I leave my love and enter the gates of the enemy.

Ugo is by my side as we fall into their world and quickly discover the cracks in the Coppola family’s foundation.

I’m confident I’m protected by my father’s name, and though I’m welcomed by some, I’m watched by others.

I played my part well—maybe too well, because I think I just changed the future for us all.

Elio

Her mother’s lies blew up my entire world. How could the woman I love have the blood of a monster?

With all eyes intently on me, I turn my back on what is revealed and sink further into what I need to do.

I seek the cover of smoke and mirrors and force back the shadows that want to take me down.

But with any good play there comes a blind spot, and this blind spot might just come with an unexpected body count.

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Sienna

Ugo gripped the top of my arm as I swayed in fear in front of a sign that read Dager’s Den.

“Why here?” I couldn’t look at him.

“Because,” I heard him rub his face, annoyed with my questions, “she’s like clockwork. She’d never miss a day to flaunt her power to the other men.”

Sweet Lord.

“I think I might faint.”

He cut me a quick glance then shook his head and cursed.

My entire body froze with fear, and my eyes went wide at the sound of the handle being pulled. The door opened to reveal a woman with eyes as black as coal in a face with skin so white it almost glowed. Her dark hair was pulled tightly back into a bun, and a pair of glasses hung from the collar of her blue blouse. Her perfectly ironed gray slacks stopped at her ankles just above her small-heeled boots. Both hands rested on a glass ball that sat on the top of her black cane. I felt like I had been transported directly into a nasty scene from a Disney movie.

“Ugo.” She only spoke his name then closed her eyes slowly, and when they opened again, they were on me. I stepped back, but Ugo pressed me forward, rooting me back in place. She was like a cobra only inches from my face. It made me want to run and scream at the same time, but my brain seemed to have shorted out at the simultaneous commands.

So, I just stared.

“Nonna Rosa,” Ugo addressed her, and I felt him look down at me, “I want you to meet someone.”

A cold chill passed through my body, and I became lightheaded as my heartbeat pulsed in my ears. “This is Theo’s Alessia, your granddaughter.”

She lifted her eyes to stare at him for a brief moment then turned those black pools back to me. Her colorless lips pressed into a hard line as she tried to see inside my soul.

“Prove it.”

I stood frozen, completely unable to respond. She had awakened such a deep fear inside of me I was completely at her mercy.

Ugo reached for my hand and held it up to show her the ring.

She grabbed my hand between her icy fingers and held it close to her face. She closed one eye and twisted the band around and gave a low gasp.

“Impossible.”

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Author J.L. Drake was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, later moving to Southern California where she lives with her husband and two children. 

When she's not writing she loves to spend time with her family, traveling or just enjoying a night at home. One thing you might notice in her books is her love for the four seasons. Growing up on the east coast of Canada the change in the seasons is in her blood and is often mentioned in her writing. 

Her books can be found in different languages around the world.

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Cover Reveal - Quiet Power by J.L. Drake

Title: Quiet Power

Series: Quiet Mafia #3

Author: J.L. Drake

Genre: Mafia Romance

Cover Design: Deranged Doctor Designs

Release Date: March 24, 2022

BLURB

The time has come to take back the power and let the kingdom fall.

Sienna

It’s time to make my move. With solid proof on my finger, I leave my love and enter the gates of the enemy.

Ugo is by my side as we fall into their world and quickly discover the cracks in the Coppola family’s foundation.

I’m confident I’m protected by my father’s name, and though I’m welcomed by some, I’m watched by others.

I played my part well—maybe too well, because I think I just changed the future for us all.

Elio

Her mother’s lies blew up my entire world. How could the woman I love have the blood of a monster?

With all eyes intently on me, I turn my back on what is revealed and sink further into what I need to do.

I seek the cover of smoke and mirrors and force back the shadows that want to take me down.

But with any good play there comes a blind spot, and this blind spot might just come with an unexpected body count.

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EXCERPT

Sienna

Ugo gripped the top of my arm as I swayed in fear in front of a sign that read Dager’s Den.

“Why here?” I couldn’t look at him.

“Because,” I heard him rub his face, annoyed with my questions, “she’s like clockwork. She’d never miss a day to flaunt her power to the other men.”

Sweet Lord.

“I think I might faint.”

He cut me a quick glance then shook his head and cursed.

My entire body froze with fear, and my eyes went wide at the sound of the handle being pulled. The door opened to reveal a woman with eyes as black as coal in a face with skin so white it almost glowed. Her dark hair was pulled tightly back into a bun, and a pair of glasses hung from the collar of her blue blouse. Her perfectly ironed gray slacks stopped at her ankles just above her small-heeled boots. Both hands rested on a glass ball that sat on the top of her black cane. I felt like I had been transported directly into a nasty scene from a Disney movie.

“Ugo.” She only spoke his name then closed her eyes slowly, and when they opened again, they were on me. I stepped back, but Ugo pressed me forward, rooting me back in place. She was like a cobra only inches from my face. It made me want to run and scream at the same time, but my brain seemed to have shorted out at the simultaneous commands.

So, I just stared.

“Nonna Michele,” Ugo addressed her, and I felt him look down at me, “I want you to meet someone.”

A cold chill passed through my body, and I became lightheaded as my heartbeat pulsed in my ears. “This is Theo’s Alessia, your granddaughter.”

She lifted her eyes to stare at him for a brief moment then turned those black pools back to me. Her colorless lips pressed into a hard line as she tried to see inside my soul.

“Prove it.”

I stood frozen, completely unable to respond. She had awakened such a deep fear inside of me I was completely at her mercy.

Ugo reached for my hand and held it up to show her the ring.

She grabbed my hand between her icy fingers and held it close to her face. She closed one eye and twisted the band around and gave a low gasp.

“Impossible.”

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Author J.L. Drake was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, later moving to Southern California where she lives with her husband and two children. 

When she's not writing she loves to spend time with her family, traveling or just enjoying a night at home. One thing you might notice in her books is her love for the four seasons. Growing up on the east coast of Canada the change in the seasons is in her blood and is often mentioned in her writing. 

Her books can be found in different languages around the world.

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Release Blitz - Quiet Secrets by J.L. Drake

Title: Quiet Secrets

Series: Quiet Mafia #2

Author: J.L. Drake

Genre: Mafia Romance

Release Date: October 22, 2021

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Some secrets are better left untouched.

Sienna

I’m seeing a war unfold before my eyes. My past and future have now collided, and my heart is split in two.

As the battle rages on, secrets surface and truths circle the drain, threatening to suck me under.

Elio promised we had the rest of our lives together, but now he’s questioning my history and doubting my loyalty.

Elio

Love and family are all that matter, so I keep a careful eye on our new visitors who have awoken the hornets’ nest and revealed the snakes that have lain dormant for years.

As I try to protect Sienna from her own past, betrayals are surfacing, and my paranoia is intensifying.

One secret is discovered that will undoubtably change everything.

**May contain triggers, intended for a mature audience 18+. Does end on a cliffhanger-ish. Sneak peek of book 3, Quiet Power, at the end. I promise all will be okay.**

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EXCERPT

I felt rage burn through my veins at that. It was the first I’d heard of it.

“It was all supposed to happen, and then you came along. Little orphan girl, with the big blue eyes, and the big fake boobs.”

I licked the inside of my mouth, leaned over the island, grabbed her hand, and yanked her straight down onto the marble countertop. I moved my face inches from hers and smiled like the crazy person I was becoming.

“Elio wants a real woman, not some skinny drunk who can’t keep the bottle from her jacked-up lip job. Nor would he even want to entertain visiting your eight-men-a-day, stretched out, trailer trash vag.” She blinked at my crass words. “Come at me again, and I promise I will show you what I learned on the streets.”

I let go and leaned back, snatching the bottle from Mariano, who stared at me with a gaping mouth. “Oh, Anna, these are far from fake.” I took another shot, high-fived Donte behind the counter, and left.

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Author J.L. Drake was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, later moving to Southern California where she lives with her husband and two children. 

When she's not writing she loves to spend time with her family, traveling or just enjoying a night at home. One thing you might notice in her books is her love for the four seasons. Growing up on the east coast of Canada the change in the seasons is in her blood and is often mentioned in her writing. 

Her books can be found in different languages around the world.

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