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)

~ My insides were on fire and Daniel was the match, setting me alight. ~ When seventeen year old Candy goes to a party with her best friend she never expected the outcome. She is a good girl with good grades and an almost perfect life but on that night everything changes. It is here that she meets Daniel. He is older, dangerous and obsessed with her. At first she is terrified but then her fear changes into intrigue and soon she finds herself in a world she never imagined entering. A dangerous world filled with wild parties, drugs, violence, lust and sinful pleasures.

Their fathers are business partners, collaborating on an integrated school to keep the things they want to protect the most, from getting too suspicious. Even if it means putting them closer to the danger. Of course since their parents run the place, they're going to be the face of the set up. Therefore the two have no choice but to interact with one another. But she's adopted and human, and just as oblivious as the outsiders. But him? He's not so human. And try as she might to refuse him, she can't help herself and he ends up bringing out something in her that's not so human.