A Home in the Mafia

At twenty-seven, Katie Hale is doing everything she can to hold her life together.

As a single mother to her six-year-old son, Chase, her days are filled with long work hours, rushed school pickups, bills, and the constant pressure of making sure her little boy has everything he needs. Dating is the last thing on her mind.

Then she meets him.

Malakai Dalton. Cold, powerful, intimidating, and far too used to getting his way, the mysterious stranger immediately gets under Katie's skin. What she doesn't know is that he's one of the most feared mafia bosses in the city-and he's about to make her an offer she never expected.

His young daughter, Lily, needs more than money and protection. She needs stability. Affection. Someone who can give her a sense of normalcy in a world built on danger and secrets.

He wants Katie to become Lily's contract mother.

The arrangement is supposed to be simple. Katie cares for Lily alongside Chase, gets paid well, and keeps her distance from the dangerous man behind it all.

No complications. No attachments. No feelings.

But as Chase and Lily grow closer, Katie finds herself becoming part of a family she never meant to join. And the more time she spends around the ruthless mafia boss, the more she begins to see the protective father and guarded man beneath the dangerous reputation.

Katie agreed to play the role of a mother.

She never agreed to fall for the man who hired her.