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Book two of the only series
DARK ROMANCE
Layla Verano is a soft soul in a world that has never been gentle.
Soft smile. Bright hair. Brighter clothes.
In a world held together by violence, blood, and power, Layla has somehow managed to hold on to the sweetness inside her.
Something her father has tried to take from her more times than she can count. He's spent years trying to break her, but when that doesn't work, he decides to give her to someone else.
A marriage to a man whose name is followed by whispers. A man feared throughout the Italian mob. A man Layla is certain will be the final thing to destroy her.
Luca Romano is the underboss of the Italian mob, and he has no interest in playing husband.
He's cold. Gruff. Unapproachable. Smiling isn't something he does, and neither is letting people get close enough to hurt him. So when Layla becomes his soon-to-be wife, Luca expects her to fear him.
Instead, she smiles at him.
She talks to him.
She somehow finds her way past every wall he's spent years building.
Her father thought handing Layla over in marriage would finally break her. He was wrong. Because Layla doesn't break.
And somewhere along the way, she manages
to find her way into Luca's cold heart-leaving the man everyone fears completely powerless against the one person he never saw coming.
His sweet wife may just be the death of him.