"Oh shit, you've changed a lot, little Val. You got... colourful." He commented, a huge smirk across that handsome face of his.
"I got creative with the crayola crayons you used to stick up your nose." I smirked when he coughed on his smoke.
"Not cool, Piccola Ragazza (Little girl)," he growled out. "Little girl?," I laughed in amusement, "I'm two years younger than you, Vecchio Uomo (Old Man)."
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Francesco Giovanni barely recognised Valentina Rossi despite them growing up together. They each belonged to the only two Italian families in New York worth any acknowledgement.
What will Fransesco do when he realises the younger girl has turned into a stunning, outspoken, tattooed vixen?
Gone are the shy, blushing days for Valentina, and her childhood crush on Francesco is gone too. Or is it?
What will happen when the two tattooed Italians clash, head to head?
Double the trouble in more ways than one.
The Italian Diavolo (The Italian Devil)
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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