His Unholy Obsession |18+
The mission is deceptively simple: a high stakes assassination in the middle of a sumptuous ballroom. It's supposed to be a clean job - in and out. But everything that happens after the music stops is grotesque.
Poverty taught Isabella Ceretti how to survive Naples; SCUDO taught her how to weaponize that survival. A field operative for a secret agency, she hunts the people who think they're untouchable. Matteo Russo is one of the most dangerous on her list. A mob prince who has spent years hunting the devil, he wants revenge for his sister and he'll use anyone to get it. He has a heart made of ice and views violence as not only a craving, but his favorite playground.
When a directorate mandate forces them into a fake marriage to infiltrate an elite trafficking ring, they enter a world of seaside mansions, ancient catacombs and whispers of a clinic that "unmakes" people. To get close to the city's richest predator, they must become the perfect couple. But as the investigation drags them into the dark, the chemistry between them turns toxic, real and undeniable. Neither of them knows how to play nice. They're just two sets of teeth, and getting close only means finding new ways to scar each other.
Victory requires a sacrifice. And in a city of secrets, love is the deadliest weapon of all.
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I'm slammed against the wall, the breath knocked from my lungs as Matteo looms over me, his large frame pinning me in place. His green eyes stare into mine as he grips my cheek tightly, his calloused thumb brushing over my lower lip.
I lean in closer, my breasts pressing against his chest. "Fuck you, Matteo," I whisper as my lips nearly brush his.
"Already planning on it, principessa," he retorts, mischief and lust twinkling in his eyes. "You're mine."