GUNS AND ROSES
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Grace Lodge was abandoned as cursed and unloved, until a late-night phone call to a stranger changed everything. Christopher Salvatore, a powerful and dangerous mafia heir, wasn't meant to care. But her voice, her pain, her fire, he couldn't let go.
Their love was never meant to survive secrets, enemies, and the underworld's cruel games.
When Grace vanishes to Italy, and Christopher falls into a coma after a brutal ambush, five years pass like a lifetime. But the past doesn't stay buried.
Now, Grace is in the grip of an ancient family who wants her blood. And standing between life and death is Christopher's twin, raised in shadows to be a monster.
What happens when love is caught between two brothers, two legacies, and a war built on lies?
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