The Devil’s Touch
Publisher: non
Published: 23/08/2025
Place of publication: amazon
Format: Kindle
Number of pages: 99
Description: The Devil’s Touch is a contemporary romantic-suspense novel set in a European port city.
When a nightclub explodes, barista Alessia Romano is swept into the orbit of Matteo, the reluctant heir to a powerful crime family. A cryptic ledger tied to Alessia’s father and a series of retaliations draw her into safehouses, docks, and theatres where truth and survival often conflict. The story centers on forced proximity, shifting loyalties, and a slow-burn relationship between two people who have sworn not to need each other.

As Alessia searches for her father and the meaning of the ledger, she must navigate a hierarchy where “protection” can be a cage and mercy has a price. Matteo, determined to end a rival kingpin’s reign, is forced to weigh power against responsibility—especially when Alessia complicates every calculation. Themes include family debt, organized crime, trust under pressure, and the ethics of protection.

Violence is present (firearms, threats, injury); intimacy is closed-door/fade-to-black. Concludes with a resolved ending (HEA).