The Language of War is a historical fiction novel that explores forbidden love during WWII in the 1940s. It follows the unlikely relationship between Neven, a stern 19-year-old Russian soldier, and Ciro, a stubborn 18-year-old Italian boy suddenly drafted into the war. Set in Milan, Italy, the story begins when Ciro, overwhelmed by news of his conscription, flees home in a panic. He crashes his bike on a beach, struggling to come to terms with the life that awaits him-just as disaster strikes. There, Ciro witnesses Russian soldiers preparing to bomb the city of Milan. And among them is Neven. As tensions mount and the world around them burns, the line between enemy and ally blurs. What begins as fear and defiance becomes something far more dangerous: love.

" W..what are you-" " Do you want me to show all those people who you belong to the easy way or the hard way?" He says deeply, a dark look in his eyes as he looks down at my lips then back to my eyes. I feel my heart start to beat insanely fast at his close presence, the smell of his expensive cologne intoxicating me, almost like he was trying to lure me into his lips. • Sofia Novikov, youngest daughter of the Russian Mafia leader was kept away from the public eye her whole life. Her sister Anastasia Novikov however was always in the spotlight. With her perfect figure and personality everyone adored her. She was the sunshine and could do anything you could think of, she was everything any girl wished to be. What happens when ruthless and cold hearted Italian Mafia leader Connor Agosti is to be arranged in a marriage with one of the Novikov sister?