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She nodded solemnly. "With my girl charm and my pretty dress. But now I just feel like a hot pile of creamed corn."
I dragged a hand over my face. "You need water. And sleep."
"I need closure."
"Sunshine..."
"No," she said, standing straighter and stabbing a finger into my chest. "You don't get to look like that and make me feel feelings and then just go all mysterious and noble and disappear like a sexy hitman Batman."
"Sexy hitman Batman?"
"I had a lot of wine."
"I noticed."
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She bakes cookies. He breaks bones.
Everyone in the city fears mafia boss Dominic Moretti-everyone except Tessa Bloom, the relentlessly cheerful café owner next door to his front business. She calls him "Mr. Broody," brings him muffins he never asks for, and walks into his office like it's not occupied by a man who could have someone disappeared with a phone call.
Dominic doesn't have time for distractions-especially not sweet, sunshine-eyed distractions with flour on their noses. But when Tessa finds herself tangled in the underworld he's spent a lifetime controlling, protecting her becomes more than a duty. It becomes personal.
And suddenly, the most dangerous man in the city starts falling for the only woman who isn't afraid of him.
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