Sometimes the person who heals you… is the one you hurt the most.
Interior designer Roxanne Talati travels to Italy hoping to escape the life that's slowly consumed her. Love is the last thing she's looking for—until she meets Marcello Vitale, a quietly dangerous man who sees the loneliness she's spent years hiding.
But some choices leave scars that love alone can't erase.
When buried truths tear them apart, Roxanne and Marcello must decide whether the life they want is worth everything they'll have to sacrifice to keep it.
A dark emotional mafia romance filled with forbidden longing, second chances, healing, and morally grey characters.
The greatest lies are born from love.
Roxanne finally has the life she fought for—until a stranger walks back into it, forcing her to confront the past she thought she'd buried forever. As old wounds reopen and long-hidden truths come to light, she must face the lie she's spent a lifetime believing.
Sometimes healing isn't about letting go.
Sometimes it's about finding the courage to face what still hurts.
A dark mafia romance about trauma, healing, forbidden desire, and love that refuses to fit inside the lines.
