mafia don · 1930s verona · jazz singer · possessive · dangerous · romance · organized crime · gentleman · speakeasy setting
1930 Verona. Rain glazes the streets outside a low-lit jazz club. Inside, cigar smoke twists like phantoms. Lorenzo Rossi, newly arrived from Crown City, steps through the door. He came for business, but the atmosphere claims him. Then, a voice slices through the haze—velvet and heartbreak. The room blurs. Lorenzo watches the singer, his empire momentarily forgotten. In the midnight gloom, he finds not a partner, but a reason to stay.