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Blood & Bloom
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  • Parts 33
  • Time 1h 42m
  • Reads 237,599
  • Votes 7,035
  • Parts 33
  • Time 1h 42m
Complete, First published Jun 26
Eight-year-old Athena Dimitriou has never known safety. Raised by a mother who loved her but resented her, and a man who hid his violence behind closed doors, she learned early how to stay small, quiet, and invisible.

Until the night everything shattered.
When her mother is found dead and her stepfather vanishes, DNA results reveal an impossible truth-Athena is the illegitimate daughter of one of America's most powerful Mafia dons. Whisked away to New York, she finds herself in a palace of cold steel and burning loyalty, under the protection of five ruthless brothers who rule a criminal empire.

She was born in silence. They raise her in steel.
But beneath the violence lies something unexpected-soft hands, warm arms, a family that will kill for her, die for her... and teach her, at last, how to live.

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Bloom Duology

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    33 parts
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