Beyond the Thorns.

Valentina Moretti was raised to inherit an empire built on blood.

An Italian mafia heiress with a reputation whispered about in the darkest corners of Milan, she has spent her entire life learning that weakness is something to be buried, emotions are liabilities, and trust is a luxury that gets people killed.

Then she meets Eleanor Whitmore.

A British trauma therapist with an unnervingly gentle voice and an infuriating habit of looking directly into the places Valentina has spent years hiding. Eleanor doesn't fear her. She doesn't worship her power. And, most dangerously of all, she doesn't try to fix her.

She simply sees her.

Behind the bloodstained suits, the cold eyes, and the thorns, Eleanor finds a woman who is tired of being untouchable.

But loving Valentina Moretti means stepping into a world where enemies lurk behind every door, loyalty is bought with blood, and every weakness can become a weapon.

Eleanor knows she should walk away.

Valentina knows she should let her.

Neither woman does.

Because sometimes the most dangerous thing a woman can give you isn't a gun or a threat.

It's her heart.

And once Valentina lets Eleanor past the thorns, she may discover that the one person capable of destroying her is also the only person she would burn the entire world to protect.