Loving Elise

Cover of the book "Loving Elise" by M.B. Smith, featuring a shattered wine glass with red liquid spilling out. Label "Second Edition" and "Love and Blood Series" visible.

Title: Loving Elise

Series: Love and Blood #1

Original Release Date: 8/24/2022

Second Edition Release Date: 4/25/2025

Second Edition Notice: This edition of Loving Elise has been revised to remove all sexually explicit content and strong profanity. While the storyline remains the same as the original edition, new scenes have been added in place of the intimate content.

Elise

All I’ve ever wanted is a normal life.

But when you’re the only daughter of Gabriel Consoli, the country’s most notorious mafia boss, “normal” is faking your death and moving away with a false identity.

It worked for six years until he found me.

He stole my normalcy, my freedom, my life.

I thought he couldn’t possibly take anything else.

But now he wants my heart.

Joshua

The plan was simple: use the girl to get the territory.

After all, Consoli wouldn’t have hidden his daughter away if she wasn’t a weakness worth extorting.

Everything was going perfectly until she pulled that stunt.

Now, she knows too much for me to simply give her back.

But the longer she’s here, the more sure I am.

Whether she likes it or not, Elise Consoli is mine.

Loving Elise is an American Mafia enemies-to-lovers romance. It is book one in the Love and Blood series, but can be read as a standalone.

Warning: This book features torture, mild language, and sexual assault themes that may be triggering or offensive to some readers. Recommended for 18+.