Blood & Bougainvillea
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"He was made of shadows. I was born of light. But when the darkness came for me... I didn't run. I fell."
When Emilia is kidnapped by Italy's most feared mafia don, she expects death. What she doesn't expect is Luca Moretti - the man cloaked in danger, dipped in secrets, and driven by a cold, calculated thirst for revenge.
But Emilia isn't just another pawn. She's the sister of the man who betrayed Luca's family - a debt that can only be paid in blood.
As Luca holds her captive in a mansion surrounded by red bougainvillea and barbed secrets, he's torn between punishing her... and protecting her. Emilia, in turn, begins to see glimpses of the broken boy behind the brutal mask.
In a world where loyalty is paid with bullets and love is a dangerous weakness, Emilia must decide if she'll run from the fire - or become the queen who survives it.
He was the gun. I became the trigger.
They called me a dove... but I built a throne from fire.
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