Mafia's Little Monster

They sent a girl to the slaughter. A ghost came back for the crown.

Lyla Vance was the family disgrace. Soft, quiet, and easily manipulated, she was the perfect scapegoat when her twin sister, Melanie, needed a murder to disappear. Accused of a crime she didn't commit, Lyla was exiled to a brutal overseas boarding school and left to rot. For five years, the Vance Syndicate forgot she existed.

That was their first mistake.

While her family lived in luxury, Lyla was forged in the dark. Taught to fight by a mysterious mentor and fueled by a cold, burning hunger for revenge, she didn't just survive-she evolved. Now, the girl who once hid in the pantry is the undefeated legend of the underground boxing rings and the second-highest-ranked street racer in the world.

Known only as The Ghost, she has returned to Chicago with a lethal grace and a secret her family isn't ready for. She's not there for a reunion; she's there to dismantle the empire that betrayed her, one brick at a time.

But the city has a new king. Luca Moretti is the lethal heir to a rival throne, a man who rules the streets with an iron fist and a cold heart. He's the #1 racer she's hunting, the only man fast enough to keep up with her, and the one person who sees through her "weak" disguise.

In a world where loyalty is bought with blood and secrets are more dangerous than bullets, Lyla must navigate a web of betrayal that goes deeper than she ever imagined. Her brothers are circling, her father is a ghost of himself, and her mother is a predator waiting in the shadows.

Lyla Vance was born a princess. She was raised a monster. And now, she's coming to collect the debt.