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BOOK 2 of the What We Hide Series.
Timeline: 2 Years after the events of Book 1-- What the Blood Conceals. (Can be read as a standalone, but interconnected characters/spoilers for Book 1 are present).
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"Keep fighting me, Principessa, and I will throw you over my shoulder and carry you out myself."
Gianna Vitale thought the fall of her father meant freedom. She was wrong. Now living under the iron-fisted protection of her brother-in-law, Don Alessio Gravelli, she is the mafia's most protected-and isolated-princess.
But the walls of the estate can't keep every monster out.
When a brutal kidnapping attempt leaves her childhood bodyguard dead, Alessio assigns her a new shadow: Adriano Santano.
He is thirty-one, built for war, and lethal in a way that terrifies her. To him, Gianna isn't a person; she's an assignment. A high-maintenance liability he has to watch 24/7.
But Adriano isn't just a bodyguard. He is a man with a secret agenda, laser-focused on a goal that has nothing to do with saving her life. He is playing a dangerous game, and Gianna is the pawn he didn't expect to want.
Every forced touch, every late night, every moment he stands between her and death blurs the line between his duty and his desire.
He is the only thing standing between her and a bullet. But who is going to protect her from him?
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**TROPE LIST:**
🛡️ Bodyguard x Princess
🤐 Grumpy x Sunshine
🚫 Forbidden Romance
🏠 Forced Proximity (24/7 Protection)
🔥 Slow Burn & High Angst
💔 **"He's lying to her"**
**Rating:** M for Mature (Explicit content, violence, dark themes 🔞)
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