A Rose for the Dead🥀
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Last published Fri, Jul 18, 2025
...... Alera promised to disappear. Dante promised to forget.
Four years ago, Alera ran - from the mafia, from a murder, and from the boy whose heart she wasn't supposed to break.
Now he's back. Older. Colder. More dangerous than ever.
Dante Antonov isn't just the heir to a legacy soaked in blood - he's the boy who swore he'd destroy anyone who lied to him.
And Alera?
She's the secret he never saw coming.
A dark, emotional mafia romance told from dual POVs, full of slow-burn tension, forbidden love, and a past that refuses to stay buried.
Some flowers bloom in silence. Others... only after death.
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