Aria Sinclair does everything right. The perfect plans. The long-term boyfriend everyone expectes her to marry. The internship she fought for. Her days run on coffee, color-coded calendars, and the kind of stability that feels safe... even when it stops feeling like hers. Then Max Winslow appears-sharp smile, unreadable eyes, and a way of seeing her that feels dangerous. He stirs things she's spent years avoiding. He asks questions she doesn't want to answer. He makes her wonder who she is when she isn't playing "good girl" for anyone else. Now Aria stands between the life she built and the life she never knew she wanted. And choosing one means breaking the other.

Anthony was raised in silence, shielded from the legacy of his bloodline, hidden from enemies who would've used him as leverage. But silence doesn't last forever. When his identity is exposed, he's pulled into a world that doesn't forgive weakness. Now six years older, Anthony is no longer the boy they left behind. He's composed, calculating, and lethal. Reunited with his father Lucas and the family he never knew, he's thrust into a criminal empire built on discipline, loyalty, and quiet power. The family doesn't operate with noise, they operate with precision. And Anthony learns quickly: survival means adapting, and adapting means becoming something else entirely.