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

That night after a chat with her father and the Ricci's about her kidnapping and the events leading up to it, Poppy was feeling much better about things. Her father meant well, but in his younger years he had made a lot of bad choices he regrated. One of those being what happened with his daughter. He loved her and wished he would have told her long before.

After washing the dishes and making sure her nieces and nephew were tucked in for the night, Poppy headed to the living room where she heard voices. It was late and only the TV light was showing. The faint moans coming from the room almost made her a little jealous that it wasn't her in that room. Living with four brothers, she wasn't sure what she'd walk in on, and it sure wouldn't be the first time she broke up the action.

She was right, too. There were a couple who were steaming up the windows and going at each other like two dogs in heat.

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