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Valentina is the gripping origin story of Valentina Rossi, daughter of Newark New Jersey's feared crime boss, Don Giuseppe Rossi. Spanning from 1988 to 2024, Valentina traces the rise of a teenage tactician into the Donna of a modern criminal empire. A fierce, layered, and unrelenting crime saga, it explores legacy, loyalty, and the cost of building power that lasts. Set in motion in April 1988, the novel introduces seventeen-year-old Val as she navigates a brutal dual legacy: her father's empire built on fear, and her mother's vision of influence through education, compassion, and strategic restraint. Raised to understand both diplomacy and dominance, Valentina learns early that mercy, when wielded correctly, is not weakness...it's leverage. She proves herself not with brute force, but with precision, control, and a mind built for power plays.

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J. Melvin Smith is a retired police officer and former cybersecurity professional turned crime and thriller author. With over 20 years in law enforcement and nearly three decades in IT and information security, he writes with lived-in authority, grounding high-stakes stories in the kind of realism that can't be faked.His fiction blends procedural grit with emotional depth, shaped by a lifetime of service and a no-nonsense Midwest sensibility. Smith's work avoids filler and leans hard into character, respecting readers who expect more from their fiction... more honesty, more complexity, and more weight behind every word.Originally from Iowa, he now lives in the Mississippi. He writes across genres including crime, psychological thrillers, speculative fiction, and military-influenced drama. He is also the founder of Dead Signal Books, where he shares writing tools, prompt generators, and behind-the-scenes insights into his expanding fictional universe.

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