ThePadlet
Don of the notorious Portuguese mafia, Dante Hernandez is the perfect blend of charm and menace. Ruthless in business and merciless to his enemies, he commands loyalty through fear and silence rather than spectacle. Every move he makes is deliberate, every alliance calculated.
Beneath the controlled exterior, however, is a man forged by legacy, loss, and the unrelenting weight of family expectations.
Dante is fiercely loyal to those he claims as his own, but trust is a privilege few survive earning. His unexpected connection to Julia Santos threatens to unravel everything he believes about power, honor, and the cost of loving the wrong woman.
Julia Santos is the woman destined to ruin him, and be ruined by him. Ever since her brother was murdered by the Hernandezes, she has lived with a single purpose: dismantling their empire piece by piece. Cold, strategic, and devastatingly composed, Julia doesn't seek revenge for satisfaction, she seeks it for closure.
But when her father demands she secure her family's future through an arranged marriage, Julia is forced into the one position she never planned for, surrendering control. Trapped between duty and vengeance, Julia must decide whether destroying Dante Hernandez is worth becoming bound to him.
Will Julia surrender to the man she was meant to hate, even if it costs her everything?