The Santangelo novels are a series of novels written by Jackie Collins, which focus on the Santangelo family, particularly Gino Santangelo, an Italian-American former gangster, and his daughter Lucky. The novels, which take place from the 1920s to the present day, are set in the world of organised crime and include the Santangelos' rivalry with the Bonnatti and Kassari families. There are nine novels in the Santangelo saga and one spin-off. Confessions of a Wild Child, is a prequel depicting Lucky's teenage years, which were briefly explored in the first Santangelo novel, Chances.
Lucky Santangelo, b. 1950 daughter of Gino Santangelo and Maria Grazione, married to:
*Craven Richmond, b. 1948, married 1966-1970
*Dimitri Stanislopoulos, married 1979-1984
**Roberto "Bobby" Stanislopoulos Santangelo, b. 1979 son of Dimitri Stanislopoulos and Lucky Santangelo
*Lennie Golden, married 1984–Present
**Maria "Max" Santangelo, b. 1986 daughter of Lennie Golden and Lucky Santangelo
**Gino Santangelo II, b. 1987 son of Lennie Golden and Lucky Santangelo
Brigette Stanislopoulos, b. 1970, daughter of Olympia Stanislopoulos and Claudio Cadducci, at the death of her mother in 1984 she lived with her stepfather Lennie Golden and godmother Lucky Santangelo
Leonardo Golden, illegitimate son of Claudia Bonnatti and Lennie Golden, adopted by Lucky Santangelo
Dario Santangelo, b. September 1, 1951 d. 1977, son of Gino Santangelo and Maria Grazione
Other characters
* Marco, Gino's bodyguard and later, Lucky's sweetheart, much to her delight. Gunned down in a mob shooting, to Lucky's great sorrow
*Bee, Gino's former fiancee and Marco's mom
*Santino Buonarotti, a mobster
*Marabelle Blue, an actress and another former fiancee of Gino's
Other families
Zennocotti-Grazione family
Franklin Zennocottinatural father of Leonora Zenoccotti Grazione, adopted father of Costa Zennocotti
Leonora Zennoccotti Grazione, daughter of Franklin Zennocotti, married to:
*Edward Grazione, married 1928
**Maria Grazione, b. 1928 d.1955, daughter of Leonora Grazione and Edward Grazione
Costa Zennocotti, adopted son of Franklin Zennocotti, married to:
*'''Jennifer, d. 1970, married 1934-1970
Gino Santangelo was intended to marry Leonora Zennocotti until she slept with Edward Grazione and became pregnant which spurred a shotgun wedding. Their child, Maria Grazione, married Gino in 1949. As a result of the marriage, Leonora and Edward disowned their daughter.
Gino married his sixteen-year-old daughter Lucky to Senator Richmond's son Craven to make an alliance between the two families and to exercise some control over his rebellious daughter. Gino's criminal past ruined Senator Richmond's chances for the Republican nomination and the two families did not speak after Lucky's divorce in 1970.
Stanislopoulos family
Dimitri Stanislopoulos, d. 1984, father of Olympia Stanislopoulos and Roberto Stanislopoulos, married to:
