A muddy pastry buys a girl a crown in the underworld.
Left alone on a wet Thanksgiving evening, six-year-old Angie offers a dirty sweet roll to Vincent, the city's most feared crime lord. Touched by the gesture, he adopts her and showers her with fierce affection, turning the abandoned youngster into the darling of his organization. Years later, the greedy biological clan resurfaces demanding a piece of her fortune while rival factions move to eliminate the heir apparent. Angie refuses to hide, stepping into danger to shield the only father she has ever known.
mafia
family
drama
action
What draws you in
Child saves don with pastry
Ruthless boss turns doting father
Birth family claws for inheritance
You'll love it if
Stories where a tiny heroine outsmarts hardened criminals and wins a found family resonate with you.
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