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Catalina Álvarez has spent her life running, from the past, from the men her mother crossed, from the ghosts of a home they can never return to. Hidden in a quiet town on the outskirts of New York, she finally finds peace behind the counter of her small café... until peace comes crashing down in the form of him.
Lorenzo Saad-De Marco, cold, ruthless and untouchable. The Don of Italy's most feared mafia family. A man whose world is built on silence, blood, and control.
When Catalina's fiery defiance collides with Lorenzo's dark authority, sparks ignite, and danger follows. She's a woman who refuses to kneel, and he's a man who doesn't take no for an answer. What begins as a battle of wills soon turns into something, and neither can escape: a love tangled in lies, secrets, and debts that refuse to stay buried.
But the past has a way of catching up, and when the man her mother once ran from resurfaces, Catalina must choose between the safety she's always craved and the dangerous heart that feels like home.