They should never have met. Each one of them lived in different parts of the world. She lived in the light, an ordinary existence while he kept to the shadows, the underworld. But one fate encounter brought them together and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't deny the pull they felt towards the other. They thought they could make it casual, to take comfort in the other's bodies and then walk away. But any hope of that ended when the strip turned blue and if he knows anything about his world; once you're in it there is no leaving.

When Serena enters a new workplace, she has one rule; stay focused- no matter what. It soon turns out to be easier said than done when she meets her new boss. Valentino is strict, the epitome of difficult and much to her dismay; unbelievably fucking hot. She's determined to ignore the attraction she feels to him for the sake of keeping her job. But what Serena doesn't know is that Valentino can't get her out of his his head. He thinks about her everywhere. He feels captivated by her. He wants her. And he hates every moment of it.

Alina Vesca has always been soft, kind, and... a chubby, the only child of a powerful mafia family who secretly loves her rotten. She never wanted the Vesca life, preferring the warmth of her bakery to the cold streets of New York's underworld. Now, she's in an arranged marriage with Enzo Marcello, the cold, dominant heir of a rival mafia family. He's used to control, women who bend and break, and a world where love is dangerous. But Alina isn't like anyone he's ever known. She's gentle, unassuming, and real. And for the first time, Enzo finds himself noticing her in ways he shouldn't.

In his world, love is the deadliest weapon. When the Silvestros arrive at the Amoretto estate to discuss a potential alliance, Ariana never expected her future to be tied to Roman Silvestro - a 35-year-old mafia-affiliated CEO whose reputation is as sharp as his suits and as unreadable as his dark eyes. She's 23. Gentle. Ambitious. Sheltered from the bloodstained shadows Roman was raised in. She's an interior designer with a soft heart and a mind full of dreams. He's a businessman who blurs the line between legal and lethal, with secrets buried deeper than the foundations of his empire. He's distant. Dangerous. Powerfully connected to both the legal and illegal world. What begins as an arranged engagement turns into something far more twisted - a slow unraveling of secrets, power plays, obsession, and desire. But in a world where loyalty is currency and love is a weakness... How far will he go to protect her? And how deep will she fall for a man wrapped in velvet lies and iron chains? BOOK ONE OF SILVESTRO SERIES.