Pietro Benetti does not chase.

The disabled heir to the Chicago Outfit, he is controlled, patient, and walking toward a future already written in blood and legacy: finish his degree and become his father’s sotto capo.

He has never once been derailed by a woman.

Then Emily Hart sits at his table and refuses to move.

She has no idea who he is. She doesn’t flinch, flatter him, or hurry to get out of his way. For a man the world has always treated carefully, her indifference is the most intoxicating thing he has ever encountered.

Emily came to Boston to disappear. She rebuilt herself from the wreckage of a man who tried to own her, and she swore off anyone who looked at women like they already belonged to him.

Pietro looks at her exactly like that.

Except he is nothing like the man she escaped.

He is devastatingly patient, dangerously devoted, and determined to make her feel chosen without ever making her feel owned.

Until the truth comes out.

Pietro isn’t just rich. He isn’t just powerful. He is mafia royalty, and loving him means entering a world where family is everything, loyalty is law, and enemies don’t always aim for the men with blood on their hands.

Sometimes, they come for the woman who owns his heart.

In a world where loyalty is rare and trust is easily broken, can love rise from the ashes of vengeance?

Javier:

Fifteen minutes. That’s all it took for my world to shatter. From the moment I said ‘I do’ to the moment her heart stopped beating, my happiness turned into a relentless nightmare. Fifteen years of meticulous planning have led to this moment—my chance for revenge against the man who destroyed my life by killing my wife. But protecting his daughter was never part of the plan, and now everything is more complicated than I ever imagined.

Ophelia:

Living under my father’s oppressive rule feels like a prison. My world is turned upside down when Javier Vargas, a brooding and enigmatic bodyguard, is assigned to protect me. Little do I know, his true mission is darker and more personal than I could ever imagine. As forbidden desires ignite and hidden truth unravel, can we overcome the tangled web of our pasts to find a future together?

He’s the ruthless reaper of the Mafia. She’s the light he never expected. Together, they’re bound by vows that could either save them—or destroy them.

Nora
In a world where love is a luxury and duty is a prison, my father’s demands seal my fate—an arranged marriage to one of the infamous Lucchese brothers. But I never expected to choose Rafaele, Il Mietitore, the ruthless reaper feared by all. Behind his cold, controlled exterior lies a darkness even my bright spirit may not be able to survive. Yet, despite the danger, something in him calls to me. Maybe it’s because, like me, he hides scars beneath the surface. I’ve made my choice. Now, I just have to live with it—or die trying.

Rafaele
They call me Il Mietitore—the Reaper. I am the hand of death in a world bound by blood and betrayal. I don’t need love, and I certainly don’t need a wife. But when Nora Falcone chooses me, everything changes. She’s everything I’m not—light, warmth, and life in a world where I deal only in death. I didn’t want this marriage, but now that she’s mine, I’ll protect her from the shadows that follow me. Loyalty binds us both, but in this world, that might not be enough to save her from the darkness that lives inside me.

Matteo
I’m the mafia heartless king, the most powerful and feared man in the Cosa Nostra.
I made a vow to protect her from danger even if it meant protecting her from me.
Elena was my best-kept secret, my flutter of conscience, the only proof I once had a heart.
I’m Matteo Genovese, I kneel for no one, but she can make me quiver.
Now she is back in my life, and I vow to make her mine whether she likes it or not.

Elena
I was a daughter, a friend, a dog mom, and a professional geek until I lost everything. My whole story, my whole life destroyed in just a breath.
Now I’m on the run, hiding from a danger I know nothing about just because I was born a shameful secret…because I was a curse.
Suddenly he is back in my life, the monster who broke my heart, the man who caused most of my battle scars.
He wants me, wants what I bring him, but I’m not the same Elena he knew.
The sweet, caring girl he once knew is dead, killed by the arrow he shot.
Bring on the fight, Matteo. I’m ready for you.

They’re on an emotional collision course that can only end in happily ever after, or utter devastation…

Iris

I see the world through statistics. Logic and routine. That’s what keeps me sane.

Killian Doyle is my polar opposite. His merciless, passionate nature terrifies me.

He kidnapped me to force his brother, my friend, out of hiding and back into the mafia. He says he’ll let me go when he doesn’t need me anymore.

I understand what he wants. The only real question is what I want from him.

Because right now, I’m confused enough to think I want him to keep me forever…

Killian

She was collateral. My brother betrayed our family, and I intended to hold her captive until he did my bidding.

I never imagined I’d want her like I do.

I know I should keep my word and let her go when the time comes.

But I can’t.

I’m a collector of rarities and Iris is the rarest one of all. Because she’s threatening to capture something I swore I’d never let anyone touch.

My heart…