Page 1 of The Italian Reckoning

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BLURB

I used to believe in the badge.

That justice was clean.

That criminals belonged behind bars.

ThenThe Painterkilled me.

Wrapped me in plastic. Painted my face like his final masterpiece.

But I survived. Barely.

Now he’s back…

And this time, his reckoning is personal.

My captain says I’m imagining things.

My precinct wants me off the case.

They think I’m obsessed.

But I know the scent of a monster when it’s breathing down my neck.

Then a biker saves me?—

Tattooed. Violent. A mystery I should’ve run from.

Instead, I wanted more.

And I got it.

Rocky Barati.

The mafia prince.

The son ofDon Matteo—the man who just ordered my execution.

Rocky kidnaps me to keep me alive.

Lies to me.

Shelters me in the criminal empire I was raised to dismantle.

And when I find out he’s the same biker who saved me in the dark…

Everything inside me breaks.

I should arrest him.

Instead, I let him claim me.

Body. Soul. Every shattered piece of my loyalty.

The Painter is watching.

The Don wants me dead.

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