Levi:

I went to Venice to search for something, a meaning, a purpose in my life.

I've always been the steady one in my family, the one who my brother and sister relied.

But I need more, I need... something.

When my college roommate Federico Martello calls me from Venice to suggest a new project, I jump at the chance to visit my father's birthplace again...

...but when I get there, Federico is dead...

And I don't know what the hell to do.

Juno Martello, Federico's much-younger sibling is alone in the world but she won't let anyone close.

Anyone.

But, years ago, I made a promise to Ferdie to protect Juno and I'm damn well going to keep that promise.

Except... I can't stop thinking about her. She invades my dreams, and every waking moment, her dark eyes and her ballerina body haunt me.

I'm falling in love with my best friend's sister...

Only... I'm not the only one and suddenly I'm fighting not just to win her love, but to save her life...

Juno:

The worst day of my life was when I walked into my brother's apartment and found him dead.

The worst.

And I've had some bad days in my twenty-one years.

I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me.

I don't want any help.

My brother betrayed me and left me alone, my tutor at ballet school took my agency and left me broken.

So, when this American shows up, telling me he's my brother's best friend and he wants to look out for me... god, why the hell should I believe him?

People take what they want and leave you empty...

Only something in my gut tells me that Levi Zapata is different. It's his kind hazel eyes, his handsome-as-hell face... his big, sensual presence.

He's twice my age and I shouldn't want anyone after what's happened to me...

And yet I do.

But someone from my past is about to show his face and I know that I may not have time left to love Levi Zapata, even if he should want a stupid little girl like me...

I just hope I can show him how much he means to me before someone rips us apart forever...

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Blurb

After a turbulent few years, Levi Zapata is at a point in his life where his family is safe and settled, but he feels something is missing. After an old college friend, Italian architect Federico Martello dies unexpectedly, Levi travels to Venice Italy to attend his funeral.

There he meets Juno, Federico's younger sister who Levi hasn't seen since she was a kid and is shocked to find that the once happy child has grown into an angry, broken young woman.

Left alone in the world by Federico's death, Juno, a ballerina with a small company, is lost. Her attempts to portray a hard outer shell might convince most people, but Levi has a built-in bullshit detector ad soon he begins to break down her walls.

Despite her grief, Juno begins to thaw with Levi's friendship and soon a deeper connection is being formed between them.

But then handsome photographer Arturo arrives into their lives and Levi is dismayed when it seems that Arturo has set his sights on Juno, and won't take no for an answer. But with the attention of two incredible men, Juno has her own secrets, and soon dark forces swirl around the three young people until violence erupts in a bloody and brutal denouement...