She placed her trust in a liar. He willingly gave his heart to the enemy.
Disowned by his powerful grandfather, Angelo Carlucci has spent his life dealing with the fallout of his father's betrayal. Now he's biding his time, waiting until his beloved sister is old enough to leave their hellish life with him.
Jennifer DeLuca is trapped by the expectations of her parents. Her mother wants nothing more than to atone for the sins of her family while her father plays both sides of the law. Each parent is ambitious in their own way, and Jen has been raised knowing that she is their ultimate bargaining chip.
When Jen is forced into an unwanted engagement that furthers her father's agenda, she's forced to run for her life with nothing but the name of a boy she's never met to aid her. In her search, she unwittingly pulls Angelo's little sister into the crossfire and everything quickly spirals out of control.
Angelo tells himself that he's only helping Jen to keep his sister out harm's way. Bringing her onto his family's territory seems like the smart thing to do, except neither understands who the other truly is and just how much danger hangs over their heads after this fateful decision.
Because little do the young lovers know, but their lives were intertwined before their births, and together they are the key to a lasting truce after four decades of mob war.
Black Hearts Bleed is a prequel novella to the Black Hearts Bleed series (also contains an extended excerpt of Black-Hearted Devil, the first book in the series). A dark and gritty tale of second chances, this story is set in a world where fighting is the way of life and happily-ever-afters aren't to be trusted. Some readers may find events in this story confronting so reader discretion is advised.