**This is an excerpt of The Hitman's Mark, book one of the Hitman's Heart series. The full book is available on Kindle Unlimited and on Amazon as a paperback and ebook. Thank you for your support!* After a devastating tragedy shatters the renowned Romano crime family their fate weighs heavily on Don Leonardo Romano's only heir twenty-two year old Valentina. Determined to uphold the family's power Val will go to any means necessary even if it means selling her heart to the highest bidder. As the Romano family's most notorious hitman Matteo Costa knows the most depraved corners of New York's underground. So when Val arrives home after college he is confident she won't last long. The New York mafia would chew her up and eat her alive and yet... Serving as Valentina's personal guard Matteo realizes Val has grown into a beautiful, smart and cunning woman. He knows it won't be easy keeping the principessa safe especially when the Romano's rivals set their sights on her. But as their relationship grows Matteo realizes that his own desire might be the greatest threat to the Romano dynasty. Season 1 of The Hitman's Mark WARNING: This story contains depictions of violence that may be upsetting for some readers.

Valentina Romano has been a fool. Recklessly naive. A miserably slow learner. A fool. How could she have possibly forgotten that the Cosa Nostra destroys all hopes of happily ever after? It took one night-- one fateful night for the final remnants of Val's hope to vanquish, snuffed out like the life from her hitman's eyes. Yet, without a heart left to break, Val has forged herself into a formidable piece in the underworld's twisted game for power. She's spent the last two months unraveling the secrets that Matteo left in his wake, searching for crucial evidence that the final bullet truly met its mark, and weaving a trap to ensnare her wicked fiancé once and for all. And yet, on the night of her wedding, a new player steps into the ring with a bang, intent on transforming the Cosa Nostra and the criminal battleground it controls. But the road to change is a bloody one, and only Val can unite the tattered remains of the famiglia she once loved.