Troubled Ties

By: Vanessa Aprilliano

Published by Ridge and Root Publishing, 2025-07-09

Amelia's mental health plummets as she heals from another gunshot wound. When her ties to the local mob family tighten, Amelia's personal life becomes even more complicated. In an attempt to prove her usefulness, Amelia comes up with a clever way to dispose of a stiff, and it only serves to cause another problem. As she continues to spread her wings in Bunman, she's torn between a world of darkness and a world of light. A prominent crime family looks to collect an exorbitant gambling debt left behind by a man who's swimming with the fishes. Amelia fears her new love interest has skeletons in his closet when an unexpected visitor changes everything in the blink of an eye. In an effort to avoid being held for ransom, Amelia is forced to hide behind the very facade she wants to destroy. Tokens of the past turn to rubble, and it becomes obvious that, sometimes, Memory Lane has a dead end.