A letter found in a hidden room sends Raven on a life-changing journey.
Mourning the loss of her father killed in a car accident, Raven leaves her city life behind to return to the family ranch that she inherited. However, after ten years of neglect, the ranch requires renovating. During the renovation, Raven learns there had once been another room now sealed away by a false wall.
When the false wall comes down, an old study, dating back to the nineteenth century, is uncovered. While searching through an old writing desk, Raven finds an unsent letter hidden away in the drawer. The letter describes a forbidden relationship between a man named Viggo Astor in love with a woman betrothed to another man with arrangements for them to run away together.
Besides the letter, all that's left of Viggo's existence is his luggage and an old newspaper clipping about Rome, Italy.
Curious about what became of Viggo, Raven's obsessive search takes her to Rome, Italy, to find out the answers.
Along the way, she meets a mysterious stranger, gets caught in the middle of a dangerous game, and learns the truth of what happened the night her father died.
A dangerous game of cat and mouse unfolds in the gritty underworld of organized crime, where loyalties are tested and alliances are forged in blood. "From Hostage to Heartbeat" delves into the intense and tumultuous journey of two souls from opposite ends of the spectrum, bound by fate and driven by passion. Alessandro Rossi, a notorious mafia boss known for his ruthlessness and cunning, is at the center of this gripping tale. His world is a dark labyrinth of power struggles and treachery, where trust is a rare commodity and weakness is a death sentence. When Alessandro sets his sights on the daughter of his most formidable rival, Isabella Romano, as a means to strike at his enemy, he never expects to become entangled in a web of emotions he cannot control. Isabella, fiercely independent and determined to defy her father's influence, finds herself thrust into a perilous predicament when Alessandro kidnaps her. Trapped in a dangerous game of cat and mouse, she struggles to resist the magnetic pull she feels toward her captor, even as she battles against her growing feelings of desire and betrayal. What will happen next?