Daniela O’Brien has never known what it feels like to be lucky. At twenty-one, her life is already falling apart—her parents are gone, her sister is no longer part of her life, and the man she thought loved her is hiding secrets dark enough to destroy her. Trapped in a toxic relationship she can barely escape, Dani never expects her world to collide with the most dangerous one of all: the Mafia. Carson Agnello rules New York with power, fear, and bloodshed. At twenty-five, he’s the ruthless leader of the most powerful Italian mafia in America, fighting a brutal war against the Irish Mob threatening his empire. Cold, calculating, and feared by everyone around him, Carson has spent his life surviving in a world where weakness gets people killed. He knows exactly who Daniela O’Brien is long before she ever learns his name. But when one violent night forces their paths together, everything changes. Suddenly, Dani is dragged into a life she doesn’t understand, and Carson becomes the only person standing between her and the enemies hunting her down. What begins as survival slowly turns into something far more dangerous—trust, obsession, and a connection neither of them expected. But in Carson’s world, love is never safe. And the deeper Dani falls for him, the more she begins to fear that the man protecting her may be just as dangerous as the monsters chasing her.
