Our Mother’s sons: Jovani Bendetti by Lisa Austin

**This is a Mother’s Day short**

Jovani Bendetti has lived carelessly all of his life. Born as the second identical twin, he’s the baby of the bunch and often acts as such. Twin B spends his days club hopping, shopping, and having his way with the women of his hometown, Ausnor Beach, Florida. Since his brother Jeovanni has reunited with his long-lost love and children, Jovani starts to think that maybe the fast life isn’t for him anymore. When he and his twin brother bust a trafficking ring, the last thing Jovani expects to find is the one human that forces him to hang up his player ways. Some would call his slick mouth and recklessness the result of having mommy issues, but Jovani couldn’t care less about the woman who brought him into this world. He’s moving around while Melissa Bendetti is chasing her baby boy down. Being used to taking what he wants without repercussions, Jovani has no shame in the unethical act he committed to ease the hole in his chest. With the Italian mafia on his and his brother’s neck, love is the last thing he needs, but he finds himself in so deep that even his big brother can’t dig him out.
Voyage Ridley is walking the earth with no direction. Her life has no meaning, and she only finds joy underneath her blankets or when her feet are stuck in the sand. If it weren’t for her only family, a cousin named Baela, and the waters that surround the place they call home, she would have gone off the deep end months ago. The only person who can relate to the silent battle she is fighting is nowhere to be found, leaving her with a broken heart and a ton of responsibilities. Her life turns completely when Baela convinces her to ditch the beach and the bed for a night at the Pleasure Pad – Ausnor Beach’s number one adult night club. A drunken night ends up being everything she thinks she didn’t need. What happens when the hot-headed player snatches up the book-reading, depressed pretty girl? Find out in book two of Our Mother’s Sons.