After losing her parents at the age of twelve, Thandi spent years running-from orphan homes, street predators, and the crushing weight of poverty. Through it all, her big sister was her shield. Her hope. Her last thread of innocence in a world determined to strip it away. But when violence rips her sister from her life, Thandi's fragile world crumbles. Alone and helpless, she is sold into the hands of the De Luca family-the most feared mafia dynasty in the world. In the dark halls of power, cruelty, and desire, Thandi's stolen innocence echoes in every shadow. And survival may cost her the last pieces of the girl she used to be.

When 27-year-old Kai Jefferson finds a little girl named Sofia being kidnapped by a group of mafia men, she immediately risks her life for the child. She takes the child under her care and protects her against the men, successfully escaping from harm's way. She later finds out that the little girl's father is Dante Moretti, the Don of the Italian mafia and Sofia is now attached to her. He kidnaps her to protect her from his enemies who are now after her. What happens when Kai is forced to live among the mafia boss and care for his child? Will she do it? Or will she run?