Ivy was The Mafia's Secret Daughter. It was in their blood to hate each other. Ivy had lived in secret for so long, being trained by her father to take over from him. No one knew she existed. Not at school. Not in life. She was trained to be invisible. As her role as her Father's Apprentice. Her father, his people, their empire, depended on The Apprentice to be a cold and chiselled leader. And Ivy was living up to her reputation. Ryder's whole life was focused on one thing, taking over from his Father. And the empire that came with their last name. He wasn't taking over a dodgy business, he was taking over an empire that his grandfathers and dad had built. It wasn't just business it was family. Ryder didn't know the only woman he would love, would want to tear his life apart. And Ivy didn't know that Ryder was going to be the to prove to her, she had something, she didn't think she had- a heart and maybe she wasn't as ruthless as she thought she was. Cause can a ruthless person, actually love?

The handcuffed series book 1. Marc Paxton, one of the wealthiest men in the world and the CEO of Paxton Corp. has finally been released from his 2 year confinement. Natalia Accosi is the newly appointed Public Relations Manager at Paxton Corporations. As a favour to her father, she moved back to America with the sole purpose of salvaging Marc Paxton's image. She was one of the best in her field. How hard could it be to repair the image of a spoil billionaire who committed tax fraud & embezzled money from his own company? She was about to find out...