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A traumatic childhood. A wish for happiness. A best friend left behind. Maddox Life was perfect. My job? Loved it. Anything I wanted? Mine immediately. Except it was all a lie. Realistically speaking, work had taken complete control of my life. It was an anchor sinking me deep into troubled waters. that is, until Ana Bernardi entered the picture... and all because of a stupid birthday wish. She made me realize I wasn't living; I was only surviving. I tossed and turned at night with the weight of nightmares I couldn't shake. I thought I had all the answers, but one remains out of each: what can I do to make life worth living again? Kylie My best friend, Ana, and her family disappeared four months ago. Not a trace, no evidence. Nothing to go off of. Not even my art, my passion, could fill the hole their disappearances left behind. And then, the impossible happens: Ana shows back up, only now, she goes by Lilliana Bernardi. And there's also her bodyguard. Unspeakably beautiful doesn't begin to describe him. I can't help but feel an irresistible pull to the man. I know it will require working through the trauma of his past. The question is, how? Tropes & other info: Contemporary mafia romance Approx 91,000 words 308 pages - paperback Third-person multi-POV Mafia Bodyguard Forced proximity Caught in the rain One hotel room Touch her and die Damaged goods Dark past Emotional scars Family curse Found family Teach me ""Good girl"" ""Yes, sir"" Hurt/comfort Age difference (9 years) Not good enough Orphan He comes in his underwear Spicy, open door scenes

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Jenni Simonis, an award winning writer, released her debut novel in December, 2024. It is the first in an ​interconnected generational series. Book two in the series released in January, 2025, and book three will be coming out later this year. She specializes in contemporary romance, including small town, mafia, celebrity, and sports. She also enjoys writing holiday stories, with one anthology out already and a full novel coming out later this year. Ever since Jenni was a young child, the one thing she loved more than just about anything else was ​writing. She loved covering news and working for newspapers, but her love has always been in fiction writing. And after decades of writing in notebooks, she decided it ​was time to stop hiding them on a bookshelf and share them with the world. Jenni lives in Oregon with her husband, son, and sister. She has two dogs, a yorkipoo named Midnight and a ​GSD/Golden named Jakey, two finches named Houdini and Doyle, and a leopard gecko named Nugget.

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