Mafia Hearts
Romance · fiction

The Difference Between Care and Control

People liked to believe monsters announced themselves. They imagined men with guns in dark alleys, blood on expensive shoes, cold laughter in empty warehouses. They imagined cruelty with a face. Damian Costa knew better. Sometimes a monster looked perfectly civilized. Sometimes he wore handmade shirts, owned half the waterfront through...

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Genre
Romance
Audience
Adult readers
Chapters
6
Fiction status
fiction
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My Life Story Editorial

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Mafia Hearts

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  1. 01Chapter 1
  2. 02Chapter 2
  3. 03Chapter 3
  4. 04Chapter 4
  5. 05Chapter 5
  6. 06Chapter 6

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