A bodyguard, a girl with a smart mouth, and lots of tension.

Christian Fontana and Tate carmen Romero come from different worlds, but never did he think he'd cross paths with her again. It's a small world. Smaller than they think. Who knew there were more connections then the ones playing around in their hearts. Christian Fontana wants his revenge. And so shall he get it, but does he need to reach those broken ends to achieve this?

Can you damage someone beyond repair? Luca plays his role as the loyal underboss. Violent, lethal, flawless. The lapdog, the starboy. On the surface, he maintains his facade of smirks and casual charm, but beneath the mask, thereʼs a profound darkness, a relentless memory of the girl who shattered his heart years ago. Soft, innocent, naive---sheʼs the last thing he needs... yet the only thing heʼs ever wanted. When trouble drags Wren back to New Yorkʼs underworld, she has no choice but to face the past she never outran. She never stopped yearning for the boy who lit up her world seven years ago, the only person who ever made her feel truly alive. Fate throws them back into the same orbit, but can they survive the wreck of their past?

𝗜𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 ---- Celeste Costelle fled France with many unresolved problems that have been catching up with her lately. Even when she's made an infamous name for herself with the help of the Irish mafia, the assassin can't seem to outrun her past and so she ends up right into the hands of her enemy. Dante Alessi became the youngest capo of the Italian-American mafia after his parents got assassinated. Now, seven years later he finds out that the Irish mafia are recreating the poison that killed his parents. He's standing before piles of unanswered questions, and when the one person that has been nothing but a nuisance to him for years shows up at his doorstep, he might finally get some answers. Follow the story of two people who were thrown head first into lives of violence and crime as their pasts and futures intertwine ---- - 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 - 𝙀𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 - 𝘼𝙜𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙥 - 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙮 - 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩

✰✰✰✰✰ In which a trip to NYC with friends turns into something much darker. Secrets are revealed, lines are crossed and chaos ensues. ✰✰✰✰✰ 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨 is a bubbly and sweet girl. Isabella Romano is also spoiled and calculating. But if there's one thing everyone agrees on, it's that she's out of this world beautiful. 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐨 is everything her parents have taught her to stay away from: a cold, brutal strategist. Someone who kills in cold blood and feels no remorse. And she's successful in doing so. Until he kidnaps her. (synopsis continued inside) ✰✰✰✰✰ || dark mafia romance || age gap || forced proximity || slow burn || enemies to lovers

Penelope pouts her lips and squeezes her eyeballs shut, scrunching her nose. "What the hell are you doing?" "I'm thinking." "Looks like a lot of effort to think." ~~ Penelope is a local sunshine girl trying to get through life and make friends. She's always optimistic and tries to find the best in people, even if those people, are the ones that hurt her. Parker is a grumpy, mechanic. His mind is always racing and body always tense. He doesn't express himself way others do. He's cold, and arrogant, until a little sunshine comes into his life.

Gianna Rostova, an aspiring nurse finds herself in a forced marriage with the heir of the strongest mafia in Italy. Matteo Moretti. A cold man with only one goal of taking control of his fathers mafia once it was his time, previously informed that there is a mole amongst them, a mole that may have been linked to Giannas father, Anton, he would be damned if he let someone ruin what he took years to build. ~~~ "You were using me." I continued. "Is that why you didn't say I love you back that night? You knew you didn't mean it!" I say, the pieces starting to come together. His hands gripped the doorframe, his knuckles were turning white. "No, that's not true-" Tears began to roll down my cheeks. "Is it?" my tears turn into sobbing. ~~~

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧. Her ambition runs too thick and her patience stretches too thin. She disappears when the pressure builds, returns polished and untouchable, like she wasn't just clawing for air in the dark. She was only supposed to steal a few files-files she knows too well. Just enough to secure her place at the top. Instead, she captures the attention of a man who built his empire from ruin. A man who doesn't forgive betrayal. He wants control. He wants obsession. He wants to ruin her. And she might just ruin him right back.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥. At Blackwood Academy in Switzerland, legacy is earned long before graduation and perfection is expected long before arrival. She moves like she's untouchable. Popularity, attention, a boyfriend, everything exactly as it should be. But perfection comes with pressure. A life measured in expectations that never ease, only tighten. And some nights, an empty feeling hurts less than a full one. He's the new guy. Quiet. Broody. The kind of presence people feel before they see, and choose not to approach. Control is the only thing that ever made sense. Long before this place. Long before her. Then she starts appearing everywhere. Lecture halls. Corridors. The spaces he used to have to himself. Like chaos has decided to learn his rhythm. And for all his control, there are things he has never learned until her. Now the girl made for chaos might be the one thing capable of undoing everything he's built... or becoming the only thing he can't stop watching.