The Backstabbing Girlfriend

Twenty years after Destiny and Nova traded the blood-soaked streets of the American underworld for the peaceful, sun-drenched vineyards of Tuscany, their legacy of peace faces its ultimate test. Ryan had held the crown for decades, but when a multi-syndicate turf war threatens the clean legal shell companies that protect the entire White-Costa family, someone has to step back into the shadows. That person is Leonardo "Leo" White-Costa.
While her twin sister Mia chose a life of art, Leo inherited her mother Destiny's sharp, terrifyingly analytical legal mind and Nova's unyielding inner steel. At twenty-four, Leo is a brilliant corporate defense attorney by day, but behind closed doors, she has officially taken over her mothers' roles, ascending as the new Capo to protect their sanctuary.
To maintain her cover and expand the family's legitimate European holdings, Leo temporarily relocates to London to complete a prestigious international business law fellowship at London School of Economics (LSE). Her life seems perfectly calculated-until her long-term girlfriend, Chloe, a seemingly sweet literature major, commits the ultimate betrayal. Chloe isn't just cheating on Leo with a rival syndicate heir; she has been selling Leo's legal schedules and personal data to the Las Calaveras cartel, trying to orchestrate a hit that would decapitate the White-Costa line.
Heartbroken, cold, and operating in a state of absolute survival, Leo vows never to let anyone close again. But her calculations are thrown into chaos when she collides with Reagan Vance. Reagan is the fiercely independent daughter of a self-made billionaire, studying international hospitality and business management with the sole intention of building her own global empire completely free of her father's shadow. Reagan is notoriously cold, unapologetically rude, and fiercely protective of her boundaries, hiding her own deep-seated trust issues behind a wall of biting sarcasm.
As the Las Calaveras circle closer and