Settle in this spring with the sizzling second half of a slow burn duet that will turn your love of mafia romance into a full-blown obsession!
Back to You: Now ~ Coming April 2025!
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After Stefan crosses the only boundary Sam needed him to respect, their life-altering choices set into motion a destruction that neither considered possible. With hundreds of days between them, their college romance no longer reads like a modern fairytale, and both have been forced to endure the endless fallout from their decisions.
Having lived the last five years without Stefan, Sam has finally come to terms with the fear that he might never come back. While the thought is heartbreaking, she recognizes that their relationship was full of red flags and outright abuse; the forced separation, while devastating, was likely the best thing for her safety. Still, Sam can't help but light a candle every Christmas in the hope that her love will be enough to lead Stefan down a different road where he will have both the capacity and the opportunity to make better choices.
After returning to Romania, Stefan has devoted himself to the Brigazi. Running drugs and weapons, trafficking women, and beating men to death have turned him into a thug. Without Sam's influence, his rage and emptiness have created a soulless enforcer without a conscience. The only thing that keeps Stefan going is his endless search for the woman he still loves. Despite his criminal lifestyle, he convinces himself that once he has Samantha in his arms again, he will change back into the man she fell for, and their life will go on as though she had never been taken from him.
The powerful conclusion of the Back to You duet explores the collateral damage of love as part of an organized crime family while also shedding light on the untold abuses that growing up in such a life entails. Captivating readers with a novel that intertwines tension, desire, and allure, author Mia Michele cements her status as a legend in the mafia romance subgenre.
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After suffering an abusive childhood, Samantha Maguire has one goal: to stop the cycle. With a full-ride to NYU and a budding friendship with her roommate, Lena, underway, Sam is determined to build a new life for herself that includes good grades, getting into law school, and working to save the kids like her who never had a fighting chance. The one thing she hasn’t counted on is Lena's gorgeous jerk of a brother. Undermining her resolve at every turn, Stefan is nothing but a regret she is better off without.
For his part, Stefan Dalcescu isn't going to give his little sister's new BFF the slightest time of day. A playboy who tattoos the hearts of his conquests on his arm, the soon-to-be law student isn't looking to settle down or be a hero. Much to his annoyance, Sam works her way under his skin, and Stefan has to reign in his past to convince her that a future is in the cards.
But when Sam is drawn into the Dalcescu syndicate's web of crime, they must both confront whether the family she has become a part of is any different from the one she left behind. Is her friendship with Lena and romance with Stefan worth everything that she will lose? Is Stefan's want of the one girl he shouldn't have worth the forfeiture of his birth rite? Is there a future where they both get everything they want?
Reader Advisory: Topics of abuse, assault, rape, and domestic violence are presented.
Reader discretion is advised.
