Kim Minjae's life was stolen before it even began. Taken as payment to the ruthless American Mafia at just five years old, he was adopted by the Mafia Queen who longed for a child. But when tragedy struck and the Queen died, everything changed. The King brought home his illegitimate son and mistress - and Minjae became nothing more than a shadow in his own home, facing cruelty and coldness. Meanwhile, the Italian Mafia reigns as the most powerful and feared under the iron fist of a mysterious female ruler - Queen Alessia Romano. Ruthless and cunning, only her closest trusted allies have seen her true face; to the world, the Mafia kingpin is an old man. Now, a marriage alliance is set to unite the American and Italian Mafias - a union that could change everything

She built her empire on blood, fear, and silence. Arora - the infamous queen of the Black Rose Gang - is a name whispered in the underworld, a shadow feared even by monsters. In two years, she turned a crumbling syndicate into an empire. She doesn't lose. She doesn't love. Until him. Jack - a man too soft for her world, too bright for her darkness. He was supposed to be a pawn, a hostage she could forget the next day. But his smile, his innocence, his maddening warmth... they tore through her armor one heartbeat at a time. Now she's torn between the gun and the heart - between the empire she bled to build and the man who makes her want to burn it all down. Because in her world, love isn't a fairytale. It's a weapon. And Arora is about to find out what happens when the most dangerous woman alive falls for the one man she was never meant to touch.