The Costantino Sequel - Featuring Costa, Millie, the twins, and all the Accardi madness readers know and love, ROCCO is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers descent into obsession, loyalty, and fire. The Accardi family is back. And this time, it's Rocco's turn. At 30 years old, Rocco Accardi is known for a lot of things-his temper, his recklessness, his complete disregard for consequences. As the future underboss of Sicily's most feared family, he was never meant to feel anything. Until her. Alessia Russo, 26, Palermo's top real estate agent, has spent the past three years keeping things strictly professional. Which is hard to do when your most dangerous client spends every meeting flirting like it's a sport-and you've had a crush on him since day one. He's chaos. She's control. Their relationship was never meant to cross the line. But one wrong step-and everything spirals. Rocco doesn't know how to love. But he knows how to destroy. And once he decides she's his, he'll burn the city before he lets her go. Something is coming. And nothing will be the same after it hits.

She's the one woman he can't forget. He's the mistake she's determined not to repeat. When Charlotte Ramirez walks away from a one-night stand with Noah Zhang, she never expects to see him again. But avoiding the heir to the most powerful Triad in the United States proves easier said than done. As a ruthless businessman, infamous playboy, and future mob boss, Noah is used to getting everything he wants. Unfortunately for him, the only thing he wants is Charlotte-the sharp-tongued socialite who refuses to give him a second chance. Charlotte has spent years perfecting her rules: never get attached, never be vulnerable, and never fall in love. Noah already convinced her to break those rules once. She has no intention of letting it happen again. But when circumstances force them back into each other's orbit, old chemistry quickly reignites. And with enemies closing in and dangerous family expectations threatening to tear them apart, resisting Noah becomes harder than ever. Will Charlotte risk her heart for a man she knows she shouldn't trust? Or will their second chance end before it ever truly begins?

"Verrschwinde, bevor ich mich vergesse." brüllte er mich an, als ich auf ihn zuging und ich den Schmerz in seinen Augen sah, an dem ich alleine Schuld war. "Hör mir doch zu." bat ich ihn leise weinend, bevor er nach meinem Hals griff und ich die Wut in seinen Augen nun auch deutlich erkannte. "Ich hab genug gehört. Verschwinde, sonst bringe ich dich auch noch um." kam es brüllend von ihm, ehe er leicht zudrückte und ich die Tränen die sich in meinen Augen immer wieder bildeten nicht mehr länger zurückhielt. "Mach es. Bring mich um." bat ich ihn, denn spätestens jetzt erkannte ich, dass ich meinen Seelenverandten und die Liebe meines Lebens verloren hatte. Leise lachte er auf und ließ mich dann los. "Wenn du mich wirklich liebst Sierra, dann tritt mir nie wieder unter die Augen." kam es von ihm, während ich weinend da stand und ich in seinen Augen nicht länger die Sorge und die Liebe erkannte, die er mir sonst immer zeigte. Nur noch Kälte und Hass, der alleine mir galt sah ich darin.