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The Mafia and His Angel: Part 1

Lylah James · Tainted Hearts #1

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A ruthless mafia killer finds a beaten girl hiding under his bed — and keeps her as his plaything.

Content Warnings
abuse (physical)abuse (emotional)violence/gorecaptivitydubious consent

Description

Alessio... Cold. Ruthless. Killer. I am respected and feared by all. I wasn’t put on this earth to love or be loved. I was put here to wipe out every last member of the damn Abandonato mafia, to pay them back for my mother’s death. When I find a strange girl hiding, beaten, under my bed, I don’t let her live out of compassion. She’s a trinket, my plaything. Ayla... I thought Alessio was only one more man who wanted to use me, hurt me, and throw me away. I don’t know what it is to trust anymore. I can’t find my heart under the pain. Alessio found it. He touched it, and brought it alive again. But if he discovers just how dangerous I am to him...I’ll lose my life.

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