Blood & Roses

She rules Boston as Pakhan. He arranges flowers that make the city stop and stare.

When grief puts them in the same room, a gunshot at the grave binds their fates.

Janelle Mikalov is the Bratva boss of Boston, a queen who never begs and never bows. The day she buries her mother, she walks into an Irish florist’s shop to drown the church in roses. Mac O’Connell is steady, masculine, and loyal to his craft. He insists on handling every stem himself. At the cemetery, he delivers the flowers in person. The rival Irish syndicate takes the shot. Janelle drops him to the ground and returns fire without blinking.

The war does not end there.