Behind these hollow eyes
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Last published Wed, May 7, 2025
Anabella, or Nellie, only knows sorrow and pain. Her normal is not what everyone else has experienced, but she doesn't know that.
Isolated and abused Nellie believes she deserves to live how she does and has never once questioned it. Why would she? She's never known differently.
But what will happen when Nellie meets Mason, the youngest brother of one of the most notorious Mafia families in the area.
Will he help her find her truth? Will she finally find the family she never knew has been looking for her all along?
Keep reading to find out how Nellie handles her trauma and adjusting to the whole new world she is thrown into by a chance encounter that changes her life forever.
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