Ava Santoro has always lived in the shadow of her family's power. The daughter of one of the most feared mafia bosses on the East Coast, she has known nothing but luxury, protection, and a life governed by the unspoken rules of organized crime. Yet, as much as she's been shielded from the darker sides of the family business, Ava knows all too well the price of loyalty and the sacrifices that come with being part of the Santoro legacy.
When a deal goes horribly wrong, Ava's world is turned upside down. Her father is severely injured, and in the chaos that follows, she finds herself under the protection of the ruthless, enigmatic Luca Romano-her father's most trusted enforcer. Luca, a man of few words and colder actions, has long been a figure Ava feared and admired. He's fiercely loyal to her family, but his stoic demeanor and deadly reputation make it clear: in his world, there is no room for love.
As Ava recovers from the shock of her father's near-death and the mounting tensions within the family, she begins to see Luca in a new light. There's more to him than the hardened exterior-more than just a weapon in the family's arsenal. Beneath his silence, Ava senses a man struggling with his own past, bound by duty, and yet drawn to her in ways he can't explain.
In Before The Sky & The Sea, Ava must decide what kind of life she wants to lead-one bound by the unforgiving rules of the mafia, or one where she can forge her own future, free from the violence that has defined her existence. But as the Santoro empire faces enemies from within and beyond, the line between love and loyalty becomes more blurred, and Ava must come to terms with the fact that sometimes, love in the mafia isn't a choice-it's fate.
With passions as deep as the sea and tensions as vast as the sky, Before The Sky & The Sea is a tale of forbidden love, dangerous alliances, and the harsh realities of life in the mafia-where nothing is ever truly certain, and everything can change in the blink of an eye.
