She's a healer running from her past. He's a sinner drowning in his own darkness. Mauli Anderson never believed in fairy tales-not after surviving the torment of a man who left her soul in ruins. Now, she hides behind hospital walls, stitching up wounds she knows too well. But when her path collides with a stranger with cold eyes, wounded body, and a presence that sets her world ablaze-she finds herself caught in a storm far more dangerous than she imagined. Aiden has secrets etched in blood. As the heir to a ruthless mafia empire, love was never part of his plan. But Mauli isn't a part of his world-she's a complication he can't afford, and yet the one thing he can't resist. As fate binds a surgeon to a man carved from violence, the lines between loyalty and obsession blur. Enemies close in, truths unravel, and the cost of their connection may be paid in blood. Will their love bloom in the shadows... or wither into yet another unforgettable tragedy?

She's a healer running from her past. He's a sinner drowning in his own darkness. Mauli Anderson never believed in fairy tales-not after surviving the torment of a man who left her soul in ruins. Now, she hides behind hospital walls, stitching up wounds she knows too well. But when her path collides with Aiden Blackwood-a stranger with cold eyes, wounded body, and a presence that sets her world ablaze-she finds herself caught in a storm far more dangerous than she imagined. Aiden has secrets etched in blood. As the heir to a ruthless mafia empire, love was never part of his plan. But Mauli isn't a part of his world-she's a complication he can't afford, and yet the one thing he can't resist. As fate binds a doctor with a broken heart to a man carved from violence, the lines between loyalty and obsession blur. Enemies close in, truths unravel, and the cost of their connection may be paid in blood. Will their love bloom in the shadows... or wither into yet another unforgettable tragedy?