Fractured Violets

Violette James has spent her entire life surviving. Abused, sold, and discarded by the people meant to protect her, she escapes to New York with nothing but a trash bag of clothes and the hope of breathing without fear. Working at a rundown café, she keeps her head down-until the night she saves a little boy from being kidnapped, shattering the careful walls she's built around herself.

The boy's father is Luca Romano, a cold, ruthless mafia boss born in shadows and raised in blood. He's spent his life with a gun in his hand and an ice wall around his heart, haunted by a past that stole everything he loved, forcing him to take the throne meant for his older brother. The world knows him as heartless. But with Violette, he smiles-a dangerous, beautiful thing.

When Violette becomes the boy's reluctant protector, she steps into a world of power, violence, and secrets she never wanted to touch again. As Luca pulls her deeper into his world, she discovers a side of herself she thought she lost-the fighter, the protector, the woman who deserves to be loved without fear.

But falling for a mafia king means blood on your hands and enemies at your door. And Luca's family isn't ready to accept a Black, broken girl into their empire-especially his mother, who would rather see Violette gone than see her son choose love over legacy.

In a world built on loyalty and blood, can two fractured souls find safety in each other's arms, or will the darkness consume them both?

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