Only Him (Solo él)

In the Rome of mafia clans, Diego Gabbana, an anti-mafia police officer and heir to a criminal family, finds himself torn between duty and blood as he struggles against the forbidden attraction he feels for Eric Albori, his brother’s best friend, amid a clan war that could destroy them all. 

Diego Gabbana has grown up within one of Rome’s most powerful mafia families. However, the wound that will shape his entire life predates the violence. As a teenager, he falls in love with Enrico, the young man his family takes in after he is orphaned. Those feelings culminate in a kiss that is not returned, forcing Diego to confront his own identity and live with a desire that will never become reality.

Years later, as he begins to accept who he is, he meets Mateo, a young man who has suffered brutal harassment because of his sexual orientation. After sharing his first romantic relationship with him, Diego is devastated when Mateo takes his own life. Consumed by guilt, he spirals into years of violence, alcohol abuse, and self-destruction. Only the support of his family and friends manages to save him. In time, he rebuilds his life and ultimately dedicates himself to fighting the very organized crime world from which he comes.

Meanwhile, Eric Albori is going through his own process of self-acceptance. Although he tries to find stability in a relationship with Luca, a young man who is openly gay, he continues to feel lost and uncertain about himself and about love.

Everything changes when Eric and Diego unexpectedly reunite at a gay club on the outskirts of Rome. What begins as an unexpected conversation gradually develops into a deep bond of trust. Diego becomes the only person capable of understanding Eric’s inner conflicts, while Eric slowly becomes a refuge for a man who has spent his entire life running from his own feelings.

The growing closeness between them gives way to an increasingly powerful attraction, but also to greater complications. Diego struggles with an age difference he considers impossible to overcome, as well as a constant fear of destroying what he values most. Eric, meanwhile, tries to understand why the connection he shares with Diego feels stronger than any other relationship in his life.

When the murder of a key member of the Gabbana family sparks a war between rival mafia organizations, their lives become trapped in a spiral of betrayals, attacks, and losses. The greatest blow comes when Luca is revealed to be a traitor who has been collaborating with the enemy. The revelation leaves Eric emotionally shattered, blaming himself for failing to see the truth.

As the violence escalates, both men retreat into self-destructive behavior. Diego tries to suppress his feelings, while Eric gives in to alcohol, fighting, and guilt. Yet the further they drift apart, the clearer it becomes that the bond between them cannot be broken.

The war reaches its most devastating point when Eric is seriously injured. Convinced that he is about to lose him forever, Diego finally stops running and acknowledges what he has spent years refusing to admit: he is in love with him.

After the conflict comes to an end, both must learn to live with the emotional scars left by violence and loss. Through that process, they discover that the love they have struggled to suppress is also the only thing capable of helping them heal.

Finally free from the war, Diego and Eric find the opportunity to start over. After years of guilt, trauma, and impossible loves, they decide to build a life together and create a future neither of them ever believed possible.

RELEVANT INFORMATION: Alessandra Neymar is a Spanish author best known for the Under Rome’s Purple Sky saga, whose first novel, Passion, won the ELLAS Young Romance Award. The series has achieved remarkable commercial success and captivated tens of thousands of readers across Spain and Latin America. Only Him is a spin-off of the saga that follows Diego Gabbana, the brother of Cristianno, the protagonist of the previous novels.

The novel combines an intense male romance with a high-stakes mafia thriller, creating a story driven by action, emotion, and a powerful dramatic core. Its structure, compelling characters, and balance between action, drama, and romance make it a property with considerable audiovisual potential, particularly for adaptations aimed at adult and young adult audiences.

AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL: TV Series, Limited Series, Feature Film, TV Film. 

AVAILABLE LANGUAGES: Spanish.