{"product_id":"zero-stars-violante-da-sola-9798186754220","title":"Zero Stars: A Dark Forced Proximity Mafia Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe gave his restaurant one star. He gave her nowhere to run.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElla Kaminski has hated Nico Ferraro since the day he carried a dead pig into the empty storefront next to her antique shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis new restaurant is loud. His customers block the sidewalk. His family is suspicious. And Ella is certain Il Vero is a mafia front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorst of all, Nico is the most beautiful man she has ever seen-and he appears not to notice her at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo she makes herself impossible to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne-star reviews. Anonymous inspections. A porcelain mafia tableau in her window. Twelve flaming bags left on his back step.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNico notices everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he summons Ella to Il Vero after closing, she expects threats. Instead, he serves her the best meal of her life. Then a brick crashes through the front window, and Nico pulls her into the restaurant's hidden safe room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe phone is dead. The steel door will not open until morning. And the man Ella has spent four months provoking is finally close enough to tell her exactly how closely he has been watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe gave him zero stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy morning, Nico intends to make her revise the review.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZero Stars is a standalone, high-heat mafia romance featuring enemies-to-lovers obsession, a curvy heroine, a possessive chef, forced proximity, spanking, and one extremely unconventional neighborhood feud.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Violante Da Sola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798186754220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Violante Da Sola","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174352101631,"sku":"9798186754220","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35926b68-b7fc-4f84-9e44-9005c61edc05.jpg?v=1788959202","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zero-stars-violante-da-sola-9798186754220","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}