Petals & Gunpowder
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She sells flowers to the broken-hearted.
He breaks hearts for a living.
Eleni Karas never expected her quiet life arranging roses in her seaside flower shop to catch the attention of the underworld. But when a tall, scarred man with a voice like smoke walks in asking for white lilies-his hands stained with someone else's sins-her world tilts on its axis.
Luca De Santis doesn't believe in softness. Not in his business, not in himself. Yet something about the bright-eyed florist who flinches at thunder but still smiles at him like he's human-it makes him want to burn every rule he's ever made.
She belongs to sunlight.
He lives in shadows.
And when blood spills on her doorstep, the line between protection and possession begins to blur.
In a world where loyalty is currency, and kindness is a weakness, love might be the most dangerous crime of all.
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