Breaking Midnight (Il Paradosso Series Book One)
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  • Reads 128,930
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  • Parts 54
  • Time 9h 8m
Complete, First published Jan 27, 2021
Mature
In a city that never sleeps.
In the midst of bright lights and bustling nightlife, there is danger that lurks within the shadows, hiding in the deepest and darkest parts of the cityscape.
No one is safe, and there is nowhere to hide for when evil prevails, it strikes without delay.
It's the perfect place to witness your first murder.
Or murders.


Adriana Bennet is a 23 year old college graduate who moves to the Big Apple for a new beginning. After a long night shift of waiting tables, she finds herself witnessing a double murder.
Running was never an option. They are everywhere, monitoring her every move for the past nine years.
She soon learns that there is no escaping her unfortunate fate when she is kidnapped and held captive by one of the most notorious gangsters in Italy.
There is a thin line between love and hate, but that line begins to blur when she realizes that there may be more to these affairs than she is led to believe.
As she is forced to enter a world of lies and imperilment, now Adriana has to face the people who committed these crimes awhile living in a paradox of her own, struggling to maintain her sanity and remain alive.
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