He was born into blood and violence.She was raised in peace and simplicity.And fate threw them into each other’s worlds.When Xander—feared heir of a powerful mafia empire—falls victim to a brutal ambush, he wakes up in a small Italian village with no memory of who he is. To him, he is Luca, a nameless man with wounds that refuse to heal and shadows he cannot place.To Amara, he is simply a stranger who needs saving. Gentle, selfless, and unafraid, she opens her door and her heart to the man fate washed upon her riverbank. But as the weeks pass, Luca finds himself torn between the warmth of her world and the darkness buried in his own blood.Because secrets cannot stay hidden forever.And when the past comes knocking, love may not be enough to protect them from the fire waiting to consume it all.A tale of passion and peril, Bloodied and Bruised is a slow-burn mafia romance woven with tenderness, danger, and the timeless pull of two souls from different worlds colliding.