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Alessia Moretti is an Italian mafia princess.
Falling in love with a war veteran turned bartender in New York was never part of the plan.
Love wasn't supposed to survive the mafia.
Noah Thorne has spent years trying to leave the battlefield behind. Haunted by the invisible wounds of war, he finds comfort in the familiar rhythm of tending bar, convinced that a quiet life is all he'll ever need-until Alessia Moretti walks through the door.
Beautiful, guarded, and hiding far more than her name, Alessia Moretti is desperate to escape the violent legacy she was born into. For the first time in her life, she dares to imagine a future that isn't written in blood.
But the Moretti name is one that can never truly be left behind.
As old enemies emerge from the shadows and buried secrets threaten to destroy everything, Noah is pulled into a brutal world where loyalty is bought with blood, betrayal wears a familiar face, and every choice carries a deadly price. The deeper he falls for Alessia, the more impossible it becomes to protect the woman he loves without losing himself.
While one couple fights for a future beyond violence, another is forced to confront the unbearable weight of duty, sacrifice, and a love that was never allowed to exist freely.
Some families inherit fortunes.
The Morettis inherit wars.
And sometimes, the greatest act of love isn't surviving together-it's choosing each other even when the world demands everything in return.
If Still is an emotionally gripping romantic suspense about healing after loss, found family, impossible choices, and discovering that even in the darkest corners of the world, love remains the one thing worth fighting for.