Sylvia Matthews has always lived a simple life, working at a small-town diner, content with her modest existence. But when a chance opportunity knocks, she leaves her comfort zone behind and steps into the glittering world of corporate power. Hired as an intern by the enigmatic and ruthless CEO, Leo King, Sylvia is thrust into a world where ambition, secrets, and danger collide.
Leo King is everything Sylvia isn't: cold, calculating, and distant. His icy demeanor and unapproachable nature make him the kind of boss everyone fears. But what no one knows is that beneath his perfect, professional façade lies a man with a dark and dangerous past. Leo is not just a business tycoon-he's the feared and elusive mafia lord who rules a hidden empire, and the power he commands is as deadly as it is alluring.
Despite the gulf between them, Sylvia's cheerful, bubbly personality begins to break down Leo's walls. She refuses to cower in his presence, seeing something in him others can't-perhaps a glimmer of the man beneath the ice. As their professional relationship grows, so does an undeniable attraction, though Leo is determined to keep his feelings buried, knowing that falling for someone like Sylvia could bring dangerous consequences.
But secrets have a way of surfacing, and when Sylvia stumbles upon a part of Leo's world she was never meant to see, everything changes. Torn between her growing feelings for the man she's come to care for and the terrifying truth about his mafia ties, Sylvia must navigate a treacherous path where love, loyalty, and betrayal are all too real.
In a world where danger lurks around every corner, can Sylvia trust Leo with her heart? And more importantly, can she survive the consequences of loving a man with so much to lose?
"Beneath the Ice" is a captivating blend of romance, suspense, and danger-where the line between love and fear is razor-thin. Will Sylvia's light shine through the darkness, or will she be consumed by the shadows of Leo's world?
(BOOK 3 OF MAFIA LOVE SERIES)
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READ MIA REGINA AND ESCORT ME BABY BEFORE YOU READ THIS. This book CANNOT be read as a standalone.
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The real story and rule begins now. Once you're in the mafia, death is the only way out.
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"Make me hate you so that I don't fall for you again."
"You can't fall in love again if you never fell out of it, my love."
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My King. Mio Re.
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In attempts to protect my only family, I pushed the love of my life away. It killed me, but I knew it killed him more. Now that I see him again, all the love and pain is rushing back and I can't stop it. He's not the man I once loved. I barely recognize this lifeless body that is somehow living. I broke him. I killed him. And I regret it.
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A lot happens in four years. People change, circumstances change, feelings change, lovers change, but one thing remains the same. First love and pain. Secrets are kept hidden from the people they shouldn't be and new ones cave in, but when the thin veil is lifted from them, all hell is bound to break loose, especially in the mafia world where hell resides on earth.
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Arie and Leo meet once again when they least expect to. The fire that once burned within, ignites back up with more fuel to add to it. The cravings, lust, and love is more powerful than it has ever been, but they're bound by relations and family to even look at one another. Two weeks is all they have to get through and then they don't have to see each other ever again. Hate is what they want to feel, but how can you hate someone you desperately love?
She gets pulled back into the mafia world that she desperately wanted to escape, but the darkness and the man at the middle of it all are very alluring. Once you're in it, things are bounds to happen, relations are bound to break, people are bound to be killed, and family is bound to be saved or torn apart completely.
MATURE CONTENT SUCH AS SEXUAL SCENES, FILTHY LANGUAGE, TRIGGERING MOMENTS, AND VIOLENCE.