SYNOPSIS:

Scarlett's life gets ripped apart when two of the most dangerous mafia brothers break into her home to shoot her brother, Antonio.

She knows that they, especially Giovanni, won't just let her go to tell the police what he did, especially after he had already been sent to prison for a year, thanks to her brother's betrayal, therefore she wakes up in their mansion and under his watchful eye.

She resents Giovanni for the death of her brother, but once things slowly start to make sense to her the more she spends time with Giovanni, she learns that her brother wasn't so innocent like she thought he was. She learns that he kept secrets from her, secrets that led to his death. She also learns that Giovanni might not have had something to do with her brother's death, as confusing as it sounds.

She realises that Giovanni isn't such a monster and so she finds herself working with him to try and find the truth to her brother's sudden betrayal, and his strange death, but the things they will discover are things that should've stayed in the dark.

[WORD COUNT +100K WORDS]

TRIGGER WARNINGS:

this mafia romance novel will contain the following:

⸻ strong language
⸻ mature scenes (violence, blood, fighting... etc)
⸻ murder

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If you don't want to read the book because of the above mentioned themes, I wouldn't blame you. Some scenes might be triggering to some and I understand that.

But, if you still want to read the book despite the above mentioned themes, don't worry, I'll provide a warning on top of each chapter if the chapter would contain mature themes/blood etc.

DISCLAIMER:

This is a work of fiction.
Names, places, events, locales, incidents and businesses are all products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance, to any persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

EPIGRAPH:

"sometimes we need to sin to protect the people we love"

TIMELINE:

DATE STARTED: 24 October 2020
DATE ENDED: 09 January 2021
DATE FOR EDITING STARTED: 15 September 2021
DATE FOR EDITING ENDED: 15 October 2021
BOOK COMPLETE: 18 October 2021

NOTE:

This was my very first mafia novel I wrote, so please don't be rude in the comments as they will be deleted.

If you don't like mafia, I don't blame you, but then again, don't click on this book if you don't like it and negative comments regarding it being mafia will not be tolerated.

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ANOTHER NOTE:

This book supports ProjectBadBoys

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LAST NOTE:

Very Important: I'm using Google Translate to translate English to Italian in this novel, but I say again, negative comments won't be tolerated. If something is wrong regarding the translations, don't hesitate to tell me, but don't be rude about it.

Important: before you judge, read first.

MILESTONES & AWARDS:

- 10K reads: 18 May 2021
-17K reads: 31 July 2021
- 20K reads : 07 Oct 2021
- won 3rd place adult fiction in the peerless community
- got added to the 'knights' reading list in the ProjectBadBoys community
- 30K reads: 15 December 2021
- 60K reads: 25 February 2022
- 70K reads: 11 March 2022
- 90K reads: 05 May 2022
- 100K reads: 23 May 2022

HIGHEST RANKINGS:

- 1# in Giovanni: 26 May 2021
-1# in Brothers: 10 May 2021
- 1# in Vittorio: 25 May 2021
- #6 in evilvsgood: 07 Oct 2021

DEDICATION:

"to the secrets that always
find its way out of the dark"

I DO NOT OWN ANY PICTURES IN THIS BOOK, ONLY THE EDITS.