Burning SlowThe Moretti Syndicate – Book Four
Marco & Isabella
She arrived broken.
He saw a kid who needed protecting.
Isabella Rossi didn’t come to the Moretti estate looking for love.
She came with a suitcase, a cracked phone, and a cookbook that still smelled like her late mother’s kitchen. Grief hollowed her out—but in Rosa’s kitchen, she begins to rebuild. One recipe at a time. One steady breath at a time.
Marco Moretti doesn’t do fragile.
He does loud laughter, fast cars, loyalty, and living like tomorrow is guaranteed. He sees Isabella as the quiet girl Rosa took under her wing. Sweet. Talented. Too young.
Kid.
But Isabella is done being invisible.
When she cooks a dish that cracks something open in Marco—when the kitchen fills with memories neither of them were ready to face—the lines begin to blur. The girl he thought he understood isn’t a girl at all. And the man she thought was untouchable carries scars deeper than his smile lets on.
What starts as patience turns into tension.
What simmers becomes heat.
And when slow burns finally catch, they don’t ask permission.
In a house built on loyalty, power, and unspoken rules, falling for the wrong Moretti brother could ruin everything.
But some fires are worth the risk.
Marco & Isabella
She arrived broken.
He saw a kid who needed protecting.
Isabella Rossi didn’t come to the Moretti estate looking for love.
She came with a suitcase, a cracked phone, and a cookbook that still smelled like her late mother’s kitchen. Grief hollowed her out—but in Rosa’s kitchen, she begins to rebuild. One recipe at a time. One steady breath at a time.
Marco Moretti doesn’t do fragile.
He does loud laughter, fast cars, loyalty, and living like tomorrow is guaranteed. He sees Isabella as the quiet girl Rosa took under her wing. Sweet. Talented. Too young.
Kid.
But Isabella is done being invisible.
When she cooks a dish that cracks something open in Marco—when the kitchen fills with memories neither of them were ready to face—the lines begin to blur. The girl he thought he understood isn’t a girl at all. And the man she thought was untouchable carries scars deeper than his smile lets on.
What starts as patience turns into tension.
What simmers becomes heat.
And when slow burns finally catch, they don’t ask permission.
In a house built on loyalty, power, and unspoken rules, falling for the wrong Moretti brother could ruin everything.
But some fires are worth the risk.
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