BOOK 4.5 OF MY THUNDER BAY SERIES

𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒃𝒂𝒅, 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 -Ethel Cain DAMON: Will snorted. "You really think she killed that dude? She looks too cute. Like, I wanna pinch her cheeks, not call the cops." "She looks cute," I said, eyes narrowing. "Then she opens her mouth." MARY: "I get that there's... something between you two, but he's dangerous." I let out a quiet laugh. If only they knew. If my friends knew about half the shit I'd done, they wouldn't be warning me about Damon. They'd be warning him about me.

Adrian Daema has always lived in the shadow of his family's dangerous legacy, but he's determined to carve out a life of his own. With his parents' dark past behind them and his cousin Madden finally safe as Lara Castano's husband, Adrian dares to believe he can have something normal - something real. And with Alyssa Porter by his side, it feels like he's found it. Chiara Rossi has spent the last year plotting her revenge. Disguised as Alyssa, she's woven her way into Adrian's life, earning his trust and his heart. But her true goal is far worse - to lure him into the heart of the Italian Mafia and deliver him to her family. Madden Mori killed her brother Lorenzo, stole his betrothed, and humiliated her family. Now his cousin Adrian will pay the price. But the longer Chiara stays in Adrian's world, the harder it becomes to see him as just a target. Torn between duty and desire, she faces an impossible choice - betray the man she's fallen for or turn her back on the vengeance her family demands.

When Mary Parker's mother marries a wealthy businessman, Mary and her little sister are uprooted to a new home - one that comes with a new stepbrother, Nick. Arrogant, reckless, and frustratingly charming, Nick seems determined to push Mary's buttons at every turn. But when their paths keep crossing the tension between them starts to blur the lines of what's acceptable. As secrets unfold and emotions spiral, Mary finds herself caught between resisting the undeniable pull she feels and navigating the dangerous attraction that threatens to consume her.

Charlotte Malis, a 24-year-old cybersecurity prodigy with a juice box in one hand and a codebreaker's mind in the other, has always been drawn to the quiet brilliance of the world's greatest detective: L. Even as a girl, she knew chasing him meant stepping into shadows most people never see.