Tessa is determined to escape the shadows of organized crime and pursue her dream of becoming a film producer—until her mother marries a retired Godfather and the ruthless head of the Greek Mafia becomes her stepbrother. Now Nikolas haunts her every step on campus and in her apartment, demanding she play by his rules even as her heart rebels against his godlike pull.
She never asked for this fate, yet when Alek kidnaps the wrong girl, their shared torment forges an impossible love. Years later, haunted by the ghost of his lost Everleigh, he discovers she’s alive—and nothing will stop him from claiming what’s his, no matter how dangerous the path to reunion.
She thought her life was over when she was kidnapped in the dead of night, but being thrust into the dangerous orbit of lethal protector Demitri Vetrov was only the beginning. Tall, dark, and deadly, he shields her from unseen threats—even as the lines between salvation and surrender begin to blur.
Skylar finally receives a life‑saving kidney—only to discover she’s being stalked, hunted, and brutally claimed by mafia boss Renzo, whose vengeance-driven obsession pulls her into his dark, opulent world. Captured and forced into a dangerous game of power and debt, Skylar must navigate fear, forbidden attraction, and her own survival as the lines between captor and protector begin to blur.