MissVara
Wanting to live independently after being sheltered all her life, Tatiana Marchetti leaves the quiet safety of Italy's countryside for a private university in San Francisco, determined to build a life that belongs to her.
She's disciplined, composed, and careful to the point of restraint. She keeps her world small on purpose.
Then there's Azriel Ramirez. Charming, reckless in the way only people born into power can be. A flirt with a reputation, a part-time menace to society, and the heir to one of America's biggest underground arms trafficking businesses.
He lives loudly where Tatiana survives quietly, and somehow, he keeps finding his way into her carefully controlled quiet life.
Tatiana knows better than to get close to him. She knows exactly who his family is and what their name carries. She's seen what that kind of world does to people you love.
But distance doesn't stop curiosity.
And restraint doesn't erase desire.
Some loves are reckless.
Some are forbidden.
And some cost you the innocence you didn't know you were still holding onto.