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★ 𝗛𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗦
Matteo's arms draped over the cushioned chair, eyes cold. "I don't enjoy violence." He paused. "But if you lay a finger on Victoria, or any of my soldatos again, I'll turn your corpse into art."
The suited man froze at his warning. Behind him, Victoria held a revolver to his skull.
Violence wasn't the solution. It was a language they understood.
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Victoria Greenwood, a 20-year-old who grew up on the streets of New Orleans, suffers from mental scars and an enormous debt from loan sharks. Being an orphan, she learned to fend for herself, living amongst the troubled and surviving.
Only when mistakenly confronting the Lucchesi family did she understand her life's fragility. They took her prisoner and gave her the choice to work for them or face the repercussions. She refused to be controlled, but mounting debt and dwindling escape options forced her hand.
She stepped further into the underworld and met women like her with the world's weight against them. Her relationship with the underboss, Matteo Lucchesi, grew dangerously closer.
The question persists. Should she break or keep her loyalty to the Cosa Nostra?
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𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞: This book doesn't romanticize unhealthy relationships; it brings awareness on how they can be damaging.
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭: violence, profanity, sexual themes (attempted S/A (no rape), inappropriate relationships, etc.), mental health themes (sh mentions, trauma, etc.), death, non-explicit gore, little smut
• (🌶) Smut chapters can be skipped
𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 [𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫]: 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬