Frozen Heart

Perfectly Imperfect #12

by Neva Altaj

Love.
What a pathetic, absurd illusion.
A fairy tale spun for weak, useless bastards,
Too blind to grasp the world as it truly is.

The world is a rotting, godforsaken wasteland
Where only lies and deception thrive.
Everyone wears a mask.
Everyone hides a blade.
There are no saints here.
Nothing left but shades of grey.

I swore by that claim for years,
Until I met her.

A single innocent soul in a world drenched in sin.
A ray of sunshine in the bottomless black abyss,
A delicate flower from whom I must stay as far away as possible.

I can't.
I am going to steal her light,
Even knowing it was never meant for me.

Genres: Dark Romance, Mafia Romance, Romance, Dark, Contemporary

Kindle Edition

Expected publication April 30, 2026

Reviews

[mary ♡]

the amount of excitement I have for this book is indescribable
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12 books 12 couples, a whole universe I’m not ready to say goodbye to..
SIKE we're gonna see them and their children in the second generation 🧎🏻‍♀️🧎🏻‍♀️

SOS a silver fox is coming (ADRIANO MF RUFFO)


I'm still thinking about him, it’s not even funny, he's giving off so much Salvatore vibes istg if this man has the same obsession as Salvatore I WILL BE DONE FOR, the fact that he's her stalker too???? I can’t wait till 2026 😭

[Soft Nectarine ~]

Final book in the series and Adriano FINALLY GETTING HIS OWN!!! He is apparently in his 40s & I’m salivating 🥵

The man is already obsessed and his book hasn’t event started! Stalker romance we all deserve!

opposites attract
age gap
stalker hero
forced/arranged marriage
only she can calm him down
opposites attract
touch her and die
OTT possessive/jealous hero

[Ri ♡]

wdym its coming 2026 🤨 give it to me rn!

[Irene]

PAUSE was this here before ???

[•°Dahlia ( hiatus )]

ADRIANO BABY COME HOME 💔
And who tf is iris now,,

12couples , 12 books 🤭
Can't believe this will be the last book , I want it out rn but am not ready for it to be done 😫
This serie is really confusing me because some books were good and some others weren't but if you ask me? Totally would recommend it 🙈

[clicktojointhemafia]

ugh i wish this wasn't the last book but imma eat up the 2nd gen 🤞

[Milica's Bookshelf]

It's gonna be EPIC FINAL!

[Cheesy (Rhysand's wife)]

WAIT, WHATTTTT??? Omggg de quién será este libro lptm. Esa sinopsis aaaahhhhhh

[Vanshi]

Wait
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.
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WHOSE BOOK IS THIS ?????

[Selma]

I fear this is going to be my newest obsession! Adriano already has me hooked 😮‍💨 I NEED IT NOW

[lily]

pls someone tell me who's Adriano???😭😭😭😭

[Lucía]

Iris and Adriano???? okay I didn't know I needed this but YES

[Amy]

EL NOMBREEEEE, sólo di el nombreeee jajaja.

[⋆˚✧ maria ✧˚⋆]

omg wait… WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE–

[madame S]

Adriano babe is this your book???? I don’t think mentioning him killing his wife in Sweet prison was for nothing!!! 🤨

[nicklein]

it’s finally the silver fox’s turn. GIVE IT TO ME NOW NEVA 🫴🫴

[Mari]

12????? 12?!!!!!!

can’t wait to read it!!!

[Esraa Pink]

12. Frozen Heart (Iris & Adriano)

[Adelaide]

Adriano 😽
I hope we get a book for Damian as well (luca’s younger brother)

[valentina · Rating 5 out of 5]

¡Libro final de la serie perfectamente Imperfecto

Nos explican un poco de quien es Adriano Ruffo y su pequeña obsesión Con Iris.

Adriano finalmente consiguió su propio! ¡Al parecer, él está en sus 40 tantos años y estoy salivando, debido a que neva nos da pequeños detalles de cómo es el.

El hombre ya está obsesionado y su libro no ha comenzado aún, pero las ansias de poder terminar y empezar con la segunda generación me están tentando.

Estos serían los tropos del libro:

El romance acosador que todos merecemos.
los opuestos se atraen
diferencia de edad héroe acosador
matrimonio forzado/arreglado
sólo ella puede calmarlo
tócala y muere
OTT héroe posesivo/celoso

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

After six months of binging AO3 fanfic, I finally made my way back to Goodreads :) Too bad this wasn’t one of Neva Altja’s strongest books… Normally her stories give me exactly what I’m craving, but this one just didn’t hit the same. Maybe it was all the extra ‘banter’ overshadowing the romance. Could also be the fact that I’m just back from a hiatus, who knows.

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really hope it's Kostya's book. I also want a book about Adriano, Angelo, and Damian. I'm not ready to let go of this series yet, but who knows—maybe one of them could be the male lead in the second generation.

[Jas Xo]

I am waiting for it's arrival eagerly
It's been a long time after reading all neva atlaj imperfect series book but can't get outta my head as they are so good to be forgettable
Please make this kind of books more and please this time it would spicy with romance like chef kiss

[P Baby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can't wait 😁😊

[Eme]

cant waitttt

[Magic book club]

Goosebumps ❤️

[₊˚Charlotte.✧]

I'm so excited to read this book! I can't wait! 🙆🏻‍♀️

[Aranza. .]

Can’t wait for the book to drop — hmm… might just ‘accidentally’ stroll past the Italian cake stand, you know… in case fate’s feeling generous.

[vikaఌ]

Coming out April 30

[【K】]

WELL IM EXCITED..

I've been kinda getting back into mafia romances and I have high expectations.