Isabella “Bella” Moretti is known as a famous real estate heiress and millionaire brat. Most people don’t know that her grandfather, a real estate mogul, is actually the head of the Italian mafia for their state. Those who do know treat her like a princess. She’s never
wanted for anything. Even though her life sounds perfect, she finds herself stuck between the image she’s created and the desire to not be that anymore. She must compete with her own desire to be on top, and at the same time the desire to disappear.

Enter Cormac “Cor” O’Connor, the new head for the Irish Mafia and rival to the Italian syndicate on the other side of the city. For a while, things have been peaceful between the two factions. They’ve learned to co-exist even if they don’t like one another. That all
changes on the day his little brother Cian gets jumped while in their territory of the West End. Cian says the Italians attacked him, but Cormac isn’t too sure. He decides to go the soft route and kidnap the granddaughter of the head of the Italian Mafia as a warning.

There’s only one problem he didn’t foresee: developing desires for her. Nor did Bella think this experience would give her the normalcy she’s been craving for so long. When their worlds collide, will they go down in the flames or build something new together? Only time will tell.

Gabriella

My future had always been set.
Like a road paved by skilled builders, without bends or intersections, I walked the path my parents laid for me.
My marriage to the future of The Outfit was all that mattered.
I didn’t have a choice.
Belonging to the world’s largest criminal organization wasn’t easy but belonging to him was.
With Jacob, I’d got lucky and as a mafia princess, I couldn’t have asked for more.
Jacob was beautiful and kind and the road to him was bright with sunlight and sweet with the fragrance of flowers.
Until it wasn’t.
Until it became dark with shadows.
Until the day he broke my heart.
He was a dream that turned into a nightmare.
And now, I’d do anything to get away.

Jacob

She was a job like any other job.
Marry her.
Have an heir.
And in between all that, keep the world under my heel by any means necessary.
I’d count myself lucky if I wasn’t covered in blood on our wedding day.
As a girl, Gabrielle was as bright eyed and bushy tailed.
That was until I took off the rose-colored glasses, broke them, and revealed who I truly was.
Now, the woman is as vicious as a cobra, but when she forgets her place, like a benevolent king, I remind her.
Her resistance goads me.
Her words bite
She never counted on me biting her back.
And I never counted on her tasting so good…
Rage became foreplay.
Sex became life.
And somehow, my job, she became an obsession.
Gabriella made me lose control.
She never should have stepped out of line, because now, I see her, and like everything else in my life, I won’t be satisfied until she’s mine in every way.

Hana Lee has dreams, dreams of a life greater than one she was born into. From a young age, she only knew poverty and death, yet she still had an education and a chance to get out. That is, until her father took those dreams from her: he sold
her to the Korean mafia in Seoul, Hana being his payment for the debt he incurred. For six years she’s been a slave, holding up the facade of the wife to the head’s son, Seo-Jun. She’s never felt love or pleasure from a man, only pain.
Trapped in an existence that is slowly killing her, she sees death as her only way out. A shred of hope remains inside her heart, keeping her alive. She clings to it with desperate need.

Enter Sean O’Connor, one of the four brothers running the Irish mafia in his dying father’s stead. Being a hothead, most disregard him as immature and selfish. He’s one of the best enforcers for his clan, but things change for him when he takes
Hana. Seeing her as a means to flush out the head of the Korean mafia and let them know who runs the West End, he never expected to have feelings for her, or that he would want to save her. Can these two damaged souls find solace in each
other? Will they allow themselves to feel again?

Jade Peters has never had an easy life. She’s felt like she’s had to work in some capacity since she could string a sentence together. From her father constantly putting them in debt to loan sharks, to her mother having run off years ago with someone who promised her a rich life, she’s had no one to count on but herself.

Depending on people has always blown up in her face and she doesn’t know if she’ll ever be able to trust anyone.

Enter Liam O’Connor, one of the four brothers running the Irish mafia in his dying father’s stead. He’s had a rough go of it as of late. His confidence is in tatters, and his position within his family is shaky. They don’t know if they can trust him to do
his part. He hasn’t felt like himself, making illogical decisions that do more harm than good and are out of the norm for his typically put-together mind. He needs to find himself again, but he doesn’t know where to start, until a second encounter with Jade gives him a reason to keep fighting.

Can these two lost people find themselves again through each other? Will they be able to have the lives that they’ve always wanted?