Rosalyn's life was a gilded cage, controlled by her mother, the ruthless leader of a secret organization known as the Aqueal. Within the walls of her mother's elite, abusive boarding school, Rosie was a weapon forged in fire. Her father, the only person who offered a glimmer of light, was dead-leaving her completely at her mother's mercy.
Or so it seemed.
Rosie grapples with this new reality, her mother remarries, forging a terrifying alliance with the Mafia Boss of the entire country. Suddenly, Rosie is thrust into a new world of chaos, with two new sisters who are just as lost as she is, each bearing scars of their own. The abusive training at Aqueal was one thing, but this is different-this is the Underworld.
Does the abuse end, or is this just a new form of torment? Will Rosie finally break under the weight of her new life? As the two worlds collide, one thing is certain: a storm is coming, and Rosie will find out just how much one person can endure before they snap.
Kate Firtstelle's life on her family's isolated farm is a prison of silence and routine. Until the night her world is shattered. After her grandfather's death, Kate and her grandmother are thrust into a nightmare when a group from the cartel breaks in. They've come to collect a deadly debt tied to Kate's parents' dark past, and they'll stop at nothing to get what they want.
But one of them stays. And everything changes.
Kate never meant to run. She never meant to fall for the man who dragged her into danger-but love doesn't come with rules. Caught between the comfort of home and the chaos of him, she chooses him. And when the world crashes down all over again, Kate is left to face the wreckage of her choices, her loyalty, and a love that was never meant to survive.