Painted Scars ✮ LEGACY SERIES: #2
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SECOND BOOK OF THE SINS OF THE LEGACY SERIES🎨❤️🩹
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Nina Valentina Russo is the only daughter of ruthless mafia don Vincenzo Russo, raised as the untouchable princess of a dangerous empire. With a famous supermodel as her mother, the world expected her to shine... and she did.
But behind the spotlight, Nina hides a secret.
One no one knows... not even her family.
Art is the only place where she feels free.
When she anonymously shares her work online, she never expects anyone to find it... let alone someone like him.
Mikhail Volkov is son of the head of the Bratva and the most feared man in Chicago, doesn't believe in feeling. He is cold, calculated, and unstoppable, he built his empire while he was on the run from his father.
But one piece of art stops him. Obsesses him.
And when he tracks down the artist to find her...
he never expects her to be Nina Russo- the daughter of his family's greatest enemy.
Now, what started as curiosity turns into something far more dangerous.
Because in a world ruled by power and loyalty...
some obsessions don't end.
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