His Forbidden Rose
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💀 He's the Phantom of Sicily. Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable.
🌹 She's the judge's daughter. Innocent. Stubborn. Forbidden.
When Elena Rossi takes the wrong street in Palermo, she stumbles into a world she was never meant to see-the bloody empire of Adrian Moretti, Sicily's most feared mafia boss. He should have silenced her. Instead, he lets her live.
Now, she's caught in his dangerous orbit.
Adrian is everything she was raised to hate: merciless, powerful, feared by all. Yet behind his cold eyes lies a man haunted by secrets-and the one thing he can't seem to control is his growing obsession with her.
To love him is to risk everything. To leave him is impossible.
Because in Adrian's world, roses may bloom...
...but they always come with thorns.
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