Blood doesn't burn
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Last published Fri, Jul 3, 2026
Seventeen-year-old Nora Smith loses everything in a single night.
By morning, she discovers she was never as alone as she thought.
Six brothers in Milan. A powerful family her mother ran from. A legacy built on blood and silence. As Nora is pulled into the world her mother tried to escape, she must decide whether family is something that protects you... or something that burns everything it touches.
Because blood doesn't burn.
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