The Sweetest Oblivion (Made Book 1)
Elena Abelli has spent her life playing the part. Docile, charming, perfectly composed, she is the mafia world's idea of a good daughter, a gracious principessa who smiles on command and never puts a foot wrong. But something has shifted. The girl staring back at her in the mirror carries a weight that no amount of charm can quite conceal. When her sister is promised to Nicolas Russo, a man whose reputation is as dark as his wardrobe, Elena's carefully ordered world gets considerably more complicated. He's powerful, he's infuriating, and he has absolutely no business making her pulse race the way he does. Their first meeting doesn't go smoothly, to put it mildly. Yet somehow, he keeps turning up. Lori writes forbidden attraction with real tension. There's a push and pull here that feels genuinely charged rather than manufactured, and Elena is a protagonist worth following. She presents one face to the world while quietly discovering that she's drawn to everything she was raised to resist. Rough edges, late nights, whiskey-brown eyes. The novel wears its angst openly and without apology, which will suit readers who enjoy slow-burn romance wrapped in organised crime intrigue. It's steamy, it's tightly plotted for its genre, and it moves quickly. A solid start to the series, and a story that's surprisingly hard to put down once it gets going.
- Author: Danielle Lori
- Genre: Mystery
- ISBN: B07DS4TZ93
- Pages: 386 pages