Curry & gunpowder
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Last published Mon, Dec 8, 2025
She served warmth. He brought war. Together, they burned the city down.
Amara DeSouza left Trinidad chasing peace - a small café in Brooklyn, laughter with her six-year-old daughter, and the scent of curry and fresh bread drifting through the street. But peace doesn't last long in a city that never stops watching.
One night, danger walks through her doors - silent, bleeding, and beautifully wrong.
Luca Moretti is the quiet storm of New York's most feared Italian family, the man who never loses control... until he meets the woman who looks at him without fear.
Their worlds should never collide. His life is built on blood and silence; hers on hope and fire. But when protection turns into something deeper, neither can deny the pull between them - even as bullets, loyalty, and secrets threaten to tear it all apart.
She has a daughter to protect. He has a brother to save.
And somewhere between the scent of curry and the sound of gunfire... they find something worth living for.
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