The Mafia's Christmas Claim

Name: The Mafia's Christmas Claim
Author: Scarlett Shelton

69 pages

I escaped my small town.

I escaped the cold.

I even escaped the man who ruined me with a single night in Milan.

But I couldn’t escape the secret he left me with—

a little boy with his dark eyes

and a smile I would burn the world for.

For four years, I’ve kept us safe.

Invisible.

Unreachable.

Until threatening packages appear at my door.

Until danger circles too close.

Until I run back home…

straight into the arms of the man I swore I’d never see again.

Matteo Russo.

Enforcer.

Shadow.

The only man I’ve ever wanted.

The only man I can never trust.

He walks into my mother’s bakery like he owns the air I breathe.

Telling me we’re in danger.

Telling me he’s the only one who can protect us.

Telling me he won’t leave.

But when he looks at my son—my secret—

I see everything I’ve been terrified of:

recognition, devastation…

and a claim he hasn’t spoken yet.

And on the night fear becomes fire

and Christmas lights turn to ash,

my son whispers, “Mama… will Santa bring me a daddy this year?”

Matteo’s answer is low, rough, and final—

“Santa doesn’t.

But sometimes, papas do.”

Author’s Note: A steamy Christmas mafia romance with a protective alpha, a secret baby, No Cliffhanger, and a guaranteed HEA.

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