Some memories don’t stay buried.
A boy. A loaf of bread. A city with secrets.
THE YBOR BOYS is a gritty, coming-of-age crime saga set in 1950s Ybor City — where family, legacy, and loyalty all come with a cost.
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The Ybor Boys – Book 1: Cork, Crime, and Coming of Age
A story of:
Gritty coming-of-age in a historic, immigrant-built city
Mafia ties, family codes, and ghosted alliances
Hidden tapes, buried walls, and secret tunnels
A legacy held together by bread, not blood
About the Author
About J.D. Viento
J.D. Viento writes legacy-driven fiction soaked in family secrets, crumbling neighborhoods, and the things people do to protect what’s theirs. The Ybor Boys is his love letter to a city that never forgot how to fight — or feed its own.
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The city may sleep... but the truth keeps moving.
The Ybor Boys
is only the beginning.
What starts with a loaf of bread and a hidden reel unravels into a multi-book saga of family, betrayal, and the codes that built — and broke — a city.
Each book digs deeper into the shadows of Florida’s underworld, revealing new alliances, forgotten names, and the cost of remembering. From secret tunnels beneath the bakery to backroom deals in Havana, Matty and Ricky aren’t just trying to survive.
They’re trying to rewrite what legacy means — before someone else buries the truth for good.
The truth is waking up.
Are you ready to remember?