Themanintheshadow Stories

Amalia Russo works as a private dancer in an exclusive club. She has learned not to trust men and to live life on her own terms. Until Massimo Costello walks into the club. The twenty-eight-year-old Sicilian is the most powerful and feared man in the city. When Amalia dances for him in his private room, she never expects that he-of all people-will become impossible to get out of her mind. Massimo, for his part, cannot take his eyes off her. He flirts with her. She turns him down. He provokes her. She hates him for it. But the more often they cross paths, the harder it becomes to ignore the tension between them. What Amalia doesn't know is that Massimo has long since taken an interest in her. And when a dangerous situation drags her into his world, he suddenly becomes the only one standing between her and his enemies. But can she trust a man who has built his entire life on power, secrets, and violence? She never wanted to meet him. He never intended to let her go. And this is just the beginning.