LorettaKAuthor

Cheeky owner of a struggling fashion boutique, Poppy Fields dreams of having her designs rocking the couture runways in Paris and Milan. While fantasizing about the glamorous life, her world is about to collide with the devil himself in the form of a dangerous mafia leader, Roman D’Amico, out for revenge for his dead brother.

Often mistaken as the future wife of one of Chicago’s most notorious crime bosses, and Roman’s rival gang member, everyone who enters Poppy’s little shop believes they are doing a favor to the Gambino family. When her doppelgänger waltzes into her boutique, the women are shocked to find they look like twins. Leaving her identification behind as a ruse to flee the country, Claudia switches lives with the unsuspecting fashion designer. When Luke Gambino falls for the ploy, he believes Poppy is his runaway bride, forcing her to take on the persona of the real Claudia Ricci.

Following the murder of his brother, Roman D’Amico is looking for revenge. When he suspects the Gambinos are behind it, he plots to kidnap the rival gang member’s wife. Unknowing that the women have switched places, Roman kidnaps the wrong couture diva. With Claudia missing, Poppy must keep up the ruse, and convince Roman to keep her alive or fall into the hands of the murderous Gambino family.

Couture Criminals

As he slid the door open, Roman heard laughs coming from the room, assuming his sister had finally lost her mind. She had gotten all those ideas from horror movies, but her had warned her that those sorts of murders would take a toll. And maybe it finally had.

Before him was just like a horror movie. Each slice of the rotating blade had taken inch by inch a piece of Olive's hand, all the way up to her forearm. The woman was panting and begging for help now, while Remi was wrapping a tourniquet around her bleeding nub. But it all seemed so odd. Why was Remi shaking and why did Olive have no tears in her eyes?

"What are you doing?" he asked as he watch blood pool next to their capture.

Remi was covered in blood and looked like a serial killer until the moment her shoulder slumped, and he realized the cries were hers.

Chapter 86