She knows better than to trust any man who kneels for the family, but the vows bound her to him before she could refuse. Now she belongs to the enforcer, and his brand of protection comes with a price she pays night after night.
He watches her like he already owns her, and the worst part is how her body answers before her mind can protest. Every shared breath in the dim back rooms, every rough grip on her wrist that lingers too long, chips away at the walls she built to survive. She tells herself she hates him even as she arches into his hands, even as she learns exactly how to make him break his careful control.
The empire demands everything. Her shop, her secrets, the fragile independence she fought for between one bad man and the next. What she cannot afford to surrender is the part of herself that melts when he pins her against the wall and whispers promises no killer should make. But the same loyalty that keeps her alive might be the chain that drags them both under, and she is running out of reasons to pretend she wants escape.
A full-length dark mafia erotic romance. Scarred strategist heroine, ruthless enforcer hero. Contains intense power dynamics, hate-laced desire, and scenes of explicit surrender.
