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Discovering Lila

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15 years ago, Amelie Russo gave birth to twin girls. The first girls in over 3 generations of Russo children.

However, the mafia is a dangerous world full of dangerous people. After a kidnapping when the twins were 5, only one twin remained. This was Lila Hale Russo.

The loss of her twin destroyed Lila. And it destroyed her parents and 7 older brothers.




Years later, after the death of both her parents, her brothers blame her for the death of both parents and her twin. Her family has broken apart, and so has she.

Now at the age of 15, she is a renowned fashion designer, weapons designer, assassin and the future Donna of the French Mafia. But she is still lost. She is still broken and trying to be fixed.

Join the story of Lila as she struggles with loss, grief, love, and so many more. Will her family notice her struggling? Will she even let them in? Is she broken beyond repair?

This is the story of Delilah Hale Russo.



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