
"His Tesoro" revolutionizes mafia romance with groundbreaking disability representation, featuring a heroine with rare Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. What happens when a 38-year-old crime boss falls for a 21-year-old with chronic illness? Discover why readers can't stop talking about this grumpy-sunshine masterpiece.
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In the shadows of New York City's criminal underworld, an arranged marriage between a ruthless mafia Don and the daughter of a Russian Pakhan begins as a cold transaction but evolves into something neither expected. What makes this story so compelling isn't just the dangerous world these characters inhabit, but how vulnerability becomes their greatest strength. When Don Matteo Rossi agrees to marry Sofiya Ivanova to secure an alliance against Albanian rivals, he expects a simple business arrangement. What he doesn't expect is for his carefully constructed walls to crumble when faced with a woman whose physical fragility masks an indomitable spirit. Their journey resonates because it speaks to a universal truth: sometimes we find healing in the most unexpected places, and sometimes the people society perceives as broken are the ones who teach us what it means to be whole.
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