#1st place in The Dreamcatcher Awards(Romance) Alexandria Winters is the heiress of multi-billion dollar empire, BW Empire. She's not been home in 8 years, having created her own company in London. Damien Black is the heir to BW Empire as well since his and Alex's dad built the empire together. Alex and Damien haven't seen each other in years, memories of their last meeting fresh in their minds. Then, Alex is summoned home to take over her father's place alongside Damien. Running an empire and leading black op missions for the US government is no easy feat, especially when you can barely stand your partner. So, when Alex's past comes back to haunt her and with the rising of a new underworld gang threatening to destroy everything and everyone they love, can the Ice Queen and Stone King steer this ship together or will they fall victim to a dark cold reality, losing to their inner demons and quite possibly, falling into a black winter?

Alessandra Morino has spent her whole life as an assassin, always being a shadow in the dark. Luciano Moretti is a name that is feared all over America and Italy, the whole world in fact. He is the Don of the Italian Mafia. Both are people you do not want to cross. When Alessandra and Luciano team up to bring down a common enemy, sparks fly and not necessarily the good kind too. She battles demons that threaten to swallow her whole. He is the devil incarnate, searching for his angel. This is the story of two people who are so different yet so similar, who intrigue each other as much as they intimidate each other. 'A King is nothing without his Queen. You are far more than my Queen, tesoro.' Note: This story breaks certain stereotypes surrounding mafia stories so please do give it a chance. *available on Webnovel too