Safe in His Darkness

At 23, Lily has only one goal: keeping her three-year-old daughter, Evie, safe. After everything she's been through, she wants nothing to do with men like Alessandro Moretti, especially a man whose name alone is enough to frighten her.

At 29, Alessandro is a ruthless mafia boss who has spent years building an empire where weakness gets you killed. When Lily enters his world, her fear of him is obvious, but for reasons he can't understand, he finds himself drawn to her.

Trust doesn't come easily. Neither does affection. But as Alessandro slowly proves that he would never hurt her, Lily begins to see the man behind the reputation, and feelings neither of them expected start to grow.

In a world where love can be dangerous, Lily must decide whether she can trust the man she once feared, while Alessandro discovers that protecting her may mean risking everything he has.