Blood and Sugar

When Matteo DeLuca, heir to one of New York’s most feared Mafia dynasties, runs from an arranged marriage meant to unite two rival families, he leaves behind blood, betrayal, and the shadow of a legacy he never wanted. With the help of his mother, Isabelle, Matteo vanishes—trading the cold precision of power for the quiet anonymity of a small mountain town in Colorado.
Six months later, under a false name, Matteo stumbles into a struggling bakery owned by Harper Lane, a woman with flour on her hands and fire in her heart. When he stops her abusive ex-boyfriend from attacking her, Harper reluctantly takes him in, offering him a job—and unknowingly giving refuge to a man the underworld is desperate to find.
Over three years, their quiet partnership becomes something deeper, stronger—a love both healing and dangerous. But when Matteo’s father dies, the past comes calling. Isabelle arrives at the bakery to bring her son home and bless the woman who saved him. Back in New York, Matteo must take his place as the new Don of the DeLuca empire.
What begins as a fresh start quickly turns into a deadly game. The daughter of the rival Moretti family—the woman Matteo was once meant to marry—returns with vengeance in her heart and Harper in her sights. As betrayals rise and bloodlines fall, Matteo will be forced to decide how far he’ll go to protect the woman who gave him back his soul… and what kind of king he is willing to become.
In a world built on power and revenge, Blood and Sugar is a story of love reborn in the ashes of violence—where every vow is written in blood, and every sweetness comes with a price.