After three years of caring for her husband and his family, Nora is mocked for her weight and thrown out into the pouring rain with an old duffel bag and just $36. Yet when a little boy runs from armed pursuers, she risks her life to protect him. Desperate for food and shelter, she later answers an unusual ad: a stepmother wanted, with room and board included. The boy she rescued chooses her on sight. His father? Luca, the feared mafia godfather her ex was desperate to impress. Nora came looking for a place to survive, never expecting to share a home with a man this powerful—or to feel needed again. With a broken marriage behind her and a dangerous new world ahead, can the woman her husband cast aside find the courage to believe she deserves love?
