She's the tennis world's rising star. Their long-lost sister. Fifteen-year-old tennis prodigy Valerie Celestina Allen is no stranger to headlines-but none of them know the truth. After a brutal break-in kills her ultra-religious adoptive parents, Valerie is thrust into the chaotic, gilded world of the Moretti brothers, a powerful mafia family she doesn't remember-but who remember her. She's their long-lost sister. And they're not letting her go again. As Valerie navigates private courts, bloody secrets, and the glint of paparazzi cameras, one name follows her like a shadow: Jameson Luciano. A boy with brutal fists, dangerous eyes, and a past of his own. But with buried trauma clawing at her throat, a stalker circling closer, and a family she barely knows watching her break, Valerie's iron-willed survival may not be enough this time. Because secrets don't stay hidden forever-and hers could shatter everything.

They used her. Branded her. Sent her back when they were done. Darya has lived her life in silence, a ghost in her own body. Passed from one cruel hand to the next. She's learned not to ask questions. Not to beg. Not to hope. So when a kind man appears, she doesn't feel rescued. She feels tricked. She doesn't understand him. Doesn't trust him. Doesn't understand why he's here now, after everything. Maybe he's just another man who wants something. Maybe he'll use her and leave like the rest. And she fears that this time she won't survive it. • This book includes sensitive themes of trauma involving a minor and may be difficult for some readers. Reader discretion is advised. • • All rights reserved. This book is copyrighted by the author and may not be used, reproduced, or distributed without explicit permission. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution of any part of this book is prohibited and may lead to legal consequences. •