10 Things I Hate About You

Giulia Vittoria Romano never knew her father. Her mother raised her in silence, painting him as a ghost who had abandoned them both before her birth. But when her mother dies suddenly, Giulia's grief is eclipsed by a shocking truth: her father is Dante Romano, head of the feared Italian-American criminal syndicate.

Torn from the only life she has ever known and delivered to her father's fortified mansion, Giulia comes face-to-face with Dante Romano, the man who rules her bloodline with the same hand that commands a criminal empire. There she meets her older brothers, powerful and polished, yet divided over whether the sister they never knew deserves a place among them. For Giulia, stepping into their world means more than learning to survive-it means fighting to carve out her own identity within a family bound by violence, ambition, and betrayal. In this house, love means little, loyalty is survival, and bloodshed carries the same weight as currency.

Determined not to lose herself, Giulia begins a private list-"10 Things I Hate About You," a tally of every reason she resents the father who left her behind.
"I hate that you took me away from everything I ever knew."
"I hate that you make me feel safe."
"I hate that you look at me like I belong."

When a series of events leaves Giulia to witness Dante and her brothers' brutal power firsthand. Left terrified and unsure, she is forced to confront an impossible choice: reject the empire that destroyed her mother's life, or embrace the dangerous legacy that runs in her blood.

Dark, emotional, and charged with danger, 10 Things I Hate About You is a coming-of-age story of grief, identity, and the ties of blood that both bind and betray.