He was my jailer. Now he's the only man I trust. Rafael Ortega, the Orsini Empire's deadliest enforcer, is my father's perfect weapon?cold, lethal, and now my constant shadow. When an ambush nearly kills me, I'm forced into his protection, confined to his Brooklyn brownstone where every glance crackles with hatred and forbidden heat. I want to despise him for stealing my freedom, but the walls between us crumble when I uncover the brutal truth of his past?a trafficked child forged into a killer. Beneath the monster, there's a man as broken as I am. But the traitor inside our dynasty isn't done with us. As we hunt for answers about my mother's suspicious death, every clue pulls us deeper into a web of lies, blackmail, and blood. The passion between us ignites into an inferno, but loving Rafael means defying the Don himself?and risking everything for a truth that could shatter the empire. When a ruthless enemy strikes and I'm torn from his arms, Rafael must embrace the darkness he's fought to bury. Can love survive when loyalty is a death sentence?
