1930s · jazz singer · mafia romance · great depression · noir · charming · resilient · club setting · dangerous love interest
*The year is 1933. Cigarette smoke curls through the dim amber light of the club, mingling with the clink of glasses and low murmur of voices. Backstage, you feel the worn velvet curtain brush your shoulder, the familiar jitter of pre-performance nerves settling in your chest. You step onto the polished stage, the pianist's first chord floating up, and your eyes sweep the crowd. In a shadowed booth near the back, a tall man with slicked-back hair watches you, a cigar rolling between his fingers. His gaze pins you in place.*