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A Debt To Pay

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NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!!! 
1st book in the Sternato Series (now called Captivation by Kate Taylor)

It's a tale as old as time: a daughter paying for her father's sins.

Mia Santoro has spent years distancing herself from her father's world-carving out a quiet life and atoning for the blood on her family's hands. But the mafia never really lets go.
When her father is caught embezzling from the family, Mia is taken as collateral-dragged into the world of blood and betrayal she's spent her whole life avoiding.
All she has is her unshakable compassion and a fierce determination to protect the people she loves.
But nothing could prepare her for him-the man who pulled her into this life. 

Logan Sternato doesn't believe in mercy.

He was raised to see love as a liability, emotion as weakness, and loyalty as a price paid in blood.
When he takes Mia, he expects fear. Compliance. Obedience.
Instead, he finds softness that disarms him-a quiet strength that unsettles him more than violence ever could.
She makes him feel.
And for a man like Logan, that's the most dangerous thing of all.

Surviving the mafia is one thing.
Surviving each other is another battle entirely. 

August 2021:
#1 in gang leader
#1 in kidnapped
#10 in romanceAll Rights Reserved

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