𝐎𝐁𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

Isadora Carbone is not a myth-she's a warning. Cold, calculated, and utterly lethal, she's the mastermind behind the world's most feared criminal empire. Born and bred in blood, raised by killers, and sculpted into a queen of violence, Isa never flinches, never hesitates, and never, ever falls. Her empire is lawless. Her word is final. And her heart? Untouchable.

Mae Marcano lives in a different world-one of soft words and quiet resilience. A school therapist with a fragile past, she's built a life around healing others, one wounded teenager at a time. Her days are filled with whispered confessions, scribbled notes, and the occasional glass of wine with the best friend who saved her from herself.

But when one of Mae's students begins to unravel under the weight of an absent family, she reaches out-only to glimpse a tattoo that was never supposed to exist. The mark of the Carbone syndicate.

Curiosity becomes obsession. Concern becomes collision.

And then, there is Isadora.

Two women from opposing worlds. One ruled by blood and the other by empathy. But when Mae steps into Isa's world in a desperate attempt to help a child, she finds herself tangled in the silk and steel of a woman who doesn't know how to lose.

Love wasn't part of the plan.

Neither was war.

But in the shadows where soft meets sharp, hearts can be broken... or remade.