{"product_id":"the-cleaners-apprentice-elise-corvelle-9798184083155","title":"The Cleaner's Apprentice: A Dark Mafia Romance Thriller","description":"\u003cb\u003eErasing a body is easy. Thawing her mentor's cold, dead heart might be lethal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eNora Cross just wanted to save her terminally ill sister. Drowning in medical debt, she takes an off-the-books cleaning job in a luxury penthouse. She expects a mess. She doesn't expect to walk in on the Syndicate's top \"cleaner\" standing over a fresh corpse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a suppressed pistol pressed to her forehead, Nora has seconds to live. Instead of begging, she blurts out a chemical critique: his choice of bleach will permanently set the blood proteins in the hardwood, triggering a police luminol trap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntrigued by her raw chemical brilliance, Viktor-the underworld's most ruthless ghost-offers her an impossible choice: \u003cb\u003ebecome his apprentice and clean for the mafia, or die as a loose end.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrust into a gritty reality of unmarked vans, hydrofluoric acid drums, and the crushing psychological weight of erasing human remains, Nora discovers a dark, crackling intimacy in their forced proximity. Viktor is a machine built by severe trauma-a man who believes love is a liability and empathy is a death sentence. But as Nora transforms from desperate prey into a cold, calculating equal, Viktor's rigid sociopathic armor begins to crack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an unexpected betrayal leaves them hunted by the entire Syndicate, master and apprentice must execute the ultimate erasure. But in a world where blood demands blood, is love their greatest asset... or their final fatal flaw?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cleaner's Apprentice is a full-length dark mafia romance thriller featuring an age gap, forced proximity, competence kink, and a possessive antihero who will burn the world to protect his apprentice. Contains dark themes and mature content.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elise Corvelle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798184083155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Elise Corvelle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173902262527,"sku":"9798184083155","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cleaners-apprentice-elise-corvelle-9798184083155","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}