The Little Girl Who Borrowed a Mafia Boss

Everyone knew better than to interrupt Alessandro Moretti’s private meetings. Then a little girl in a yellow dress walked in and asked to borrow him for a day. Sophia wanted swings, ice cream, and someone to sit beside her mommy on the park bench. Maria, the maid who had raised her, expected to lose her job. Instead, New York’s most feared mafia boss cleared his schedule. For one beautiful afternoon, Maria let herself imagine a life she had never dared to want. Then Sophia’s purple crayon uncovered a secret—and Alessandro discovered that the little girl holding his hand was his daughter. As buried lies unravel and Sophia’s birth mother returns, Maria fears the family forming around her will become the one thing she cannot keep. But Alessandro has begun looking at her differently. And being wanted by a man like him may be more dangerous to her heart than being feared by everyone else.