Steel & Sugar

Johan, a hardened ex-special forces operative turned elite private bodyguard, is hired to protect North Altavero-the only son of the world's most powerful mafia kingpin. He expects a spoiled brat; instead, he meets a soft-spoken, clumsy, rainbow-sock-wearing college student who says thank you to vending machines and tries to befriend pigeons.

North has been shielded his entire life from the bloodstained world his family rules, but danger follows him wherever he goes. Rivals are hunting him, and Johan's job is simple: keep him alive. But with every bullet dodged and every laugh shared, Johan finds himself drawn to North's warmth in a way he never expected.

As gunfire echoes louder and loyalties are tested, Johan and North must navigate mafia politics, hidden enemies, and growing feelings that could get them both killed. It's the story of a bodyguard built from steel and a boy who carries sugar in his smile-and what happens when two unlikely hearts fall in love in the most dangerous world of all.