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Hearts in the Shadows
LilRaynee
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  • Reads 31,157
  • Votes 834
  • Parts 32
  • Time 2h 33m
LilRaynee
Complete, First published Jun 24
brothersdeathfamilygriefguardianitalianmafialieslovingmafiameanolderbrotherspowerprotectiveprotectivebrotherssecretssofttruthwealth
Fourteen-year-old Serafina Rose Lombardi never knew she had brothers - let alone six of them. After the sudden death of her guardian, Luciana, Serafina is uprooted from everything she's ever known and brought to a sprawling, terrifying estate in northern Italy. Her new life is ruled by cold, unreadable men who terrify everyone but speak to her in quiet, unfamiliar tenderness.

As Serafina tries to adjust to governesses, towering gothic halls, and brothers who seem more like shadows than people, she begins to suspect that the past she was told isn't the full truth. Why was she hidden from them all her life? Why does no one speak of her parents? And why does every hallway seem to whisper secrets?

Each brother wears a mask. But Serafina isn't just a little sister.

She's a Lombardi.

And she's going to find out the truth - even if it unravels everything they've tried to protect her from.
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