Shattered innocence
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At fifteen, Aria Armani is ripped from the only home she's ever known and sent to a prestigious London boarding school. But behind its grand walls, she finds nothing but loneliness, torment, and the suffocating weight of expectations. Struggling with the scars of an abusive past, she learns to survive in silence-until she meets Matteo Black.
Dark, dangerous, and untouchable, Matteo is the British mafia's rising heir. He sees past Aria's icy walls, forcing her to confront the pieces of herself she thought were lost forever. With him, she learns to fight back, to reclaim her voice, and to love without fear.
But just when Aria starts to believe in happiness, she's called back to New York-back to the family that broke her. Trapped in an arranged marriage to her childhood bully, Nicolas DeLuca, Aria is faced with an impossible choice: obey her father's wishes or risk everything for the man who saved her.
Betrayal, power, and love collide in this gripping tale of resilience and forbidden romance. Will Aria escape the chains of her past, or will she be forced to sacrifice the one person who truly understands her?
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