Sometimes the right man comes with a gun, not flowers. Questionable choices? I’ve made plenty in thirty-one years of my life, but agreeing to this date might just top the list. The moment he leered at my cleavage, I should’ve run. Instead, I stayed, because desperate times and all that. One awkward drink later, two hours of wasted time where he talked more about his pet fish than himself, and I found myself in the middle of a shoot-out, and realized my date was involved with the Mafia. I wanted no part of it. But fate had other plans. Because while trying to escape, I ran straight into the arms of an even more dangerous man—the head of the Moretti crime empire, the devil of Redmont. Six years younger, entirely off-limits… and utterly irresistible. He wants me. And maybe— God help me —I want him too. Love & Other Poor Life Choices is the first novella in The Redmont Chapters series. While it sits within the dark mafia rom-com genre, it is considerably lighter in tone than some of the other books in the series. This story includes a guaranteed HEA and no cheating and is intended for readers 18+, as it still contains themes that may not be suitable for all audiences. THE REDMONT CHAPTERS SERIES Reading Order & Tropes 1. Love & Other Poor Life Choices (Nicolas and Ajla) Tropes: Reverse Age Gap, Dark Mafia Rom-Com, Obsessed MMC, Opposites Attract 2. Vows & Other Hostile Negotiations Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Age Gap, Fierce FMC, Mafia x Bratva, Forced Arranged Marriage