"Blood & Bourbon: The Italian Lexicon"

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This is not your grandmother’s Italian dictionary. It won’t teach you to order pasta in perfect dialect or charm your way through a weekend in Florence. No—this guide was written in blood and bourbon, by a man who’s never once cared if you made it out alive. Welcome to Antonio’s Survival Guide to Italian Terms of Endearment and Threats—a dark, seductive, and dangerous glimpse into the mind of Il Re della Città™, the ruthless king of an empire built on whispers and wounds. Part glossary, part monologue, part psychological unburdening—you’re about to enter a world where every Italian phrase cuts twice: once as a lover’s sigh, and again as a death sentence. Antonio doesn’t just speak Italian—he weaponizes it. This isn’t Duolingo. There are no gold stars. Only scars… if you’re lucky. Told in his own words, this character-driven bonus book is written in first-person with a gritty, voice-heavy style that blends dark romance, psychological thriller, and crime noir. It’s sultry, sharp, and soaked in shadow. And it’s meant to be experienced as a survival manual from a man who calls his affection obsession, and his warnings gifts. This is a companion piece to the Four Husbands and a Bottle of Trouble series, but can be read standalone. Especially recommended for readers who enjoy: Morally gray antiheroes who flirt like they threaten, Dark underworld tension with a linguistic twist, Bonus content that reads like a one-man show in a backroom lit by fire and regret. Think The Godfather meets Velvet Buzzsaw with a vocabulary lesson from hell. If you’re ready to be seduced, tested, and possibly destroyed… Antonio is waiting.