Isabella is desperate for her own independence, but her overprotective father stands in the way of her future. When she demands that she attends a University two hundred miles away from her home, her father only has one exception; a bodyguard. Elio is dedicated to his career to honour his late sister, but when he owes a favour to an ex-mafia boss, he takes body-guarding to a completely new level. Isabella is reckless and likes to push her bodyguards limits. Elio has zero patience and a desire to punish his client. When things start to get heated and unexpected feelings get in the way, their forbidden relationship becomes a distraction when Isabella's life is on the line. Elio is desperate to not let down another important woman in his life. But he can't save everyone, including his own bleeding heart. Tropes: - Mafia Romance - Bodyguard - Age-gap (8 years - FMC is 21 and MMC is 29) - Forbidden Love - Brat FMC/Grumpy MMC - Light BDSM (sub/dom vibes) - Size difference (5'4 & 6'6) - University/College Setting - Past Trauma/Healing - ANGST (so much of it)

"I can't save you, Alex. All I can do is ruin you." Desire, possession, and a love that was never meant to happen. Alex Caldwell should never fall for the daughter of the family that'd been her bloodline's most ruthless enemy for generations. But obsession doesn't care about rules, it devours them. No matter how rational the warnings, how catastrophic the consequences and how deeply the hatred runs in your families' veins. ================ Alex Caldwell is heir to a notorious Cursed City. Daughter of Bella Caldwell and Mark Cooper. Before accepting her fate, Alex is granted one last taste of freedom: four years in Switzerland with her aunt Blake, her wife Willow, and the family that feels more like home than her own. But that time is over. Now she's returning to the Cursed City... To finish her final year at her father's Academy. Completing it is non-negotiable. Only within those walls can she master the hidden knowledge of the secret society her family has ruled for centuries. Fail, and the inheritance slips away forever. The day before term begins, restless and missing her aunts' home, Alex takes Blake's old motorcycle and rides toward a private stretch of shore. A place Blake once shared only with Willow, a memory so intimate Alex's felt honoured just to know of it. But she never reaches it. Her attention's pulled away by a mysterious stranger sitting alone on the ocean shore. One look seals her fate. Now new forbidden feelings will decide whether she claims her power or loses everything to the one person she should've avoided at any cost. ================ This book is a spin-off of "She's the danger I crave to taste," but it's a completely standalone story. Alex is intersex ================ Be careful this story contains: Profanity Smut Violence

"Know it's hard to trust but we've been through to much shit, we can't give up." Risk It All On Love.

"I know you're tired of sorry's.." - an extended-clip original

"𝙻-𝙾-𝚅-𝙴, 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎?"

"𝚃𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐." Read how two lost souls come together and save each other, fixing what was once broken.

"You taught me the real meaning of love again" 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿: @Dreamgirlmyaah

"𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝖾, she isn't half of me" - 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁

"𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝗧𝗢𝗫𝗜𝗖, 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐."