My Purrfect Persian is a literary fairy tale by author Janet Sierzant. The story tells of a show cat that was born with a defect. Gizmo is unloved and ignored until one day, a little girl finds beauty in his homeliness and adopts him.

Joe, the son of a mobster, watches his father s mob loyalty force his family into a life of secrecy and deceit. As he struggles to avoid becoming his father, Joe discovers his father s influence is hard to ignore. The physical and emotional abuse Joe endured leaves him unable to express love for his own family. From his childhood in Brooklyn during the Depression, to his involvement in the Italian Mafia, and then his later foray into politics, the reader experiences one man s struggle to overcome his past.

Trapped in a loveless marriage, Amanda Marcella makes the difficult divorce her husband. After losing everything, she tries to rebuild her life, but getting free is harder than she thought. Coming home from work, her ex-husband comes up behind her with an ether soaked rag and abducts her from an underground parking lot. She wakes to find herself captive in a secret room. Amanda must find the courage to face her fears. Following the clues, Mark, her new boyfriend, finds out where Amanda she is imprisoned. Under the cover of darkness, he creeps toward the house and hears a woman crying inside. It's Amanda. Now he has to figure a way to get her out.

Like most little girls, Arabella wants to be a princess. She loves to dress up in her colorful dresses and pretend. But when she picks up a pair of scissors and cuts her own hair, she doesn't feel like a princess anymore. That is until she takes a trip to the mall and learns that you don't have to have long hair to be a princess.

Joe Ferraro is the son of a mobster growing up in Brooklyn. After the death of his mafia father, he moves to Long Island to pursue a successful career in politics. He's riding high on his charisma and charm until the political pressure causes him to struggle with alcohol. Torn between his creative talents and the demons he inherited from his family, his roots are hard to ignore. Joe walks away from his house, his job, and his wife. Estranged from his family for five years, one day he writes to his oldest daughter and includes a poem that triggers her curiosity. Joe agrees to tell her his story and it changes how she feels about him.