38 parts Ongoing MatureMadeline Brown, a tenacious 24-year-old British powerhouse, has spent years crisscrossing Europe, burying a past she yearns to forget while forging an undefeated legacy in the brutal world of professional fighting. With every opponent she's vanquished, she's dreamt of one day claiming a championship title. When Europe offers no more challengers, the bustling lights of New York beckon, promising a new stage for her ambition.
But life, as Madeline soon discovers, rarely follows the plan. Unexpected issues sideline her dream career, forcing her into a rough, two-year hiatus. Now, finally back in the ring and fighting her way to redemption, an urgent favour from a friend throws her meticulously rebuilt life into disarray. She could never have guessed who this plea was for, or the powerful, dangerous world it would unleash.
A world she's more familiar with than she likes to let on.
Santiago Moretti, the cold, unrelenting don to America's most formidable Sicilian mafia, is a man whose name commands fear. Yet, after a brutal attack leaves him injured and his doctor unavailable, his right-hand man urgently seeks the next best solution. Santiago never anticipates it would be her: the fiercely independent girl he crossed paths with years ago, whose raw ferocity has inexplicably lingered in his mind ever since. As Santiago's night spirals from bad to worse, Madeline is forced to step up,her actions igniting a dangerous, undeniable curiosity in the ruthless mafia don.
This is a slow burn dark mafia romance where your female lead is just as stubborn and independent as the male. It's a show of character development as the pair get used to life that's suddenly doesn't have to be so independent,that's if they can get over their stubbornness enough to realise it.
