The Beautiful Years II

Life never felt dangerous to me. She did. The moment Scarlett Rose appeared in the window of her parents' dance studio, twirling like a beautiful figurine in a music box, she became mine. Irrevocably. I claimed her, per sempre. She became the day to my night, illuminating secrets better left to the impenetrable darkness that surrounded me. She knew me better than I knew the lines of my own hands, though I had never confessed to her whose blood ran through my veins, the famiglia that I belonged to. She was as delicate as a butterfly in the hands of a monster. My legacy created a savage beast that lurked beneath my skin, ready to battle for family and honor, but he only went to war for one-her. There was one catch, an arrangement she didn't know about. I had agreed to send her away so that she could follow her stars. She had to do the one thing she was always destined to do. Dance. Though I had never truly let her go. She had become as vital as my heart. And now, I was back to retrieve what had always belonged to me-my ballerina girl. Book II in a seven-part Mafia Romance saga.