In a world once built on numbers and debts, two people learn the math of mercy.
When nineteen-year-old Isabella Ferraro is pulled into the orbit of Alessandro De Luca, a man twice her age and once feared across Sicily's underworld, her life becomes a ledger of choices, losses, and impossible forgiveness.
Years later, in a quiet villa by the sea, their story unfolds not in violence but in silence-beans planted, stories told, ledgers burned, and a love that survives by refusing to count itself.
The House by the Olive Trees is a darkly tender novel about transformation, atonement, and what happens when even the most haunted souls decide to stop keeping score.
Perfect for readers of Sylvain Reynard, Tessa Bailey, and Ana Huang, this is a love story written in the language of balance and mercy.