Based on the New York Times Best Selling memoir,
Rat Bastards

As a kid, John “Red” Shea idolized the notorious Irish godfather James “Whitey” Bulger. John grows up in the harsh but clannishly close-knit projects of South Boston. As a boy his time is spent fearlessly fighting in the ring and on the sidewalks. Before he is 20 Shea is on his way to become a legend in professional boxing, but is caught at a crossroad and can’t resist Whitey’s offer to live life as a gangster. At the young age of 21, John “Red” Shea is already the protégé to Whitey. Their multimillion-dollar organization rules over New England with robbery, loan sharking, drug dealing and murder. John is being groomed to eventually head one of the most profitable organized crime outfits in American history. Gina a slightly older Italian girl starts a passionate love affair with John. Her strict mother, worried, sits John down, curious about how a boy from the streets can afford to buy her daughter so may nice presents. He does not admit to being a gangster but promises that nothing bad will ever happen to her daughter.

Shea is at the pinnacle of power and wealth when the Feds obliterate the mob in a well-orchestrated sweep of over fifty arrests. All around Red the older men Bulger held closest, from bosses to soldiers, crumble and turn informant to save their own hides.

A cop interrogates Red with the threat of 60 years of hard time if he doesn’t snitch, to which John, handcuffed, lifts himself above his chair, stares at him with his cold steel blue-eyed glare and says, “It doesn’t get any worse than life. Does it?” Shea, alone, can’t be broken and holds to his honor — earning a dozen years of hard time as a reward. Nothing can break him not even the loss of Gina, the love of his life and the family they could have together. Whitey, who Red had protected, six years into John’s bit turned out to be working secretly with the FBI for decades. A connection in law enforcement alerts Whitey to avoid arrest, which earned him his current status as number two on the FBI’s Most Wanted List — for 19 counts of murder and more than 8 other crimes.

Now free, every night as Red drifts to sleep, he dreams of hunting down King-Rat, James “Whitey” Bulger, and the rest of the Rats who didn’t walk-the-walk, betraying not only Red but their own souls and snapping their necks for breaking a code that goes back generations.

YOU DON'T FIND LOVE
LOVE FINDS YOU

Life will never be the same in this quaint village, nestled among the hills of Northern Italy.

After ten years of devoted research, Professor Sebastian needs only one final piece of the puzzle to confirm his discovery of a new star. Tonight he finally holds that piece close to his heart, the Herschel Catalog, a very rare
astronomy book that will validate his work and realize a life-long dream.

While destiny will rob Sebastian of this very special moment, fate will provide quite another.

At the train station, the professor is anxiously leafing through his precious book as the Express from Monte Carlo comes to an unscheduled stop. The moment turns to magic as somewhere between the star-studded night and the rolling steam of the engine we discover Mona; a divine appearance, a stunning beauty, draped in the most elegant Parisian fashion imaginable. Mona is being taken off the train for not having a ticket, money or any identification. The only contents of her tasseled silk handbag are a solid gold lighter, a tube of lipstick and a few casino chips.

Inspired by Sebastian's pure soul, Mona will discover true love and the courage to face her destiny.

Will this romantic encounter survive the prejudice and intolerance of this tiny village? Will the arrogant Jack, the millionaire boyfriend Mona was running from, succeed in his persistent attempts to take her back?

As the stars gravitate silently on their eternal orbits these questions will be unveiled as we are pulled into a magic story of hope, dreams and the power of love.

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