SECOND BOOK OF THE VELVET & VOWS SERIES 🩶⛓️ ≻───── ⋆✩⋆ ─────≺ Vincenzo Russo The most feared man in the country-the ruthless Don of the Las Vegas Mafia. He attends a wedding with one goal: to provoke the other families and remind them who holds power. What he doesn't expect... is her. Liliana Aurora Moretti. Milan's mafia princess. Raised in luxury, born into danger. After her uncle's death, her family returns to New York-where Liliana finds herself at Vogue Fashion College and rises into the spotlight as a supermodel. ≻───── ⋆✩⋆ ─────≺ Preview... I was steadying my hands when the door suddenly shot open. Vincenzo stepped inside and locked the door behind him with a quiet click that sounded final. "This is the women's bathroom," I snapped. He shrugged, walking closer. "I don't give a shit." I tried to push past him, but he stepped in front of me, blocking the path like a wall that had learned how to breathe. "I don't like your fucking attitude," he said, irritation sharpening his voice. "What are you going to do about it?" I challenged, refusing to blink. He didn't answer. He just moved. One step. Then another. Slow, predatory patience in every shift of his weight, until my back hit the wall behind me. He lowered himself slightly, eyes locking onto mine again, his voice dropping to a whisper. "You want danger, principessa?" he murmured. "Keep talking to me like that... and I'll make sure you choke on the consequences you're begging for." A cold wave washed through me, sharper than fear, deeper than anger. My breath locked again, pulse hammering in my ears as his smirk returned, thin and satisfied. He didn't touch me. He didn't need to. He already had. #1 lasvegas 01/25/2026

London Blake has spent her whole life trying to survive in a house that seems like her own personal hell. What's supposed to be her safe place turned into the place she wanted to get away from. She tries her best to juggle her job, college and her family. Ace Reeds grew up with pressure. Pressure to be the best in soccer because that's he was ever really good for. Until he finally realized what he was good at; being a criminal. It was the one thing that made the adrenaline rush through his veins, only thing that made him feel alive. What starts off as a normal day for both of them turns into the biggest change in their lives. London was working, Ace was robbing. In the usual cliche way, Ace ends up robbing the jewelry store London was working in. Except it takes a horrible turn when London blurts out Ace's name from when she knew him back in high school. Ace has no choice but forcing her in the car and kidnapping her to the mansion of the dreams. Taken into Ace's world, London ends up in a mansion full of people she's supposed to fear. Instead, she fits in easily- getting along with all of Ace's friends, laughing, feeling almost happy. Everyone except Ace, who keeps his distance, no matter how much London's personality gets under his skin, how her comebacks get to him more than he cares to admit. London hates him for his character, Ace hates her for having such a control over him. Until Ace realizes that the only girl who makes him want to be better is no other than London.