Luc
The hour of reckoning was upon us . . . Amelia's life was in danger. Amelia, my goddess. The time to watch the situation had long passed. Now, it was time to change things up. Time for me to change.
Love made me go soft and allow the image and handle I had on things to slip out of my grasp. I needed to find myself. Now more than ever. All the secrets were jumping straight out of the closet. Right into the open for all to see. We weren't playing games anymore. It was time for war. It was time to become the devil I was.
Amelia
No more games, no more lies. No more running from the past. No more running from who I used to be.
I knew I would lose my soul when I fell for Luc. I was a cop, and he was a mobster. Love lured me to the dark side. We could pretend to be whoever we wanted to be, but truth was truth. The games were over and right now I couldn't see past the darkness that waited for me.
Contains mature themes.
Dante
Everyone knows who I am: Dante Giordano, capo to the new Chicago Mafia boss and member of the infamous Four. Ruthless and bad to the bone. That's me. Don't be fooled by my good looks and charm. I'm a dangerous man and I get what I want. Women, money, power. It all comes easy to me. All of it . . . except her . . .
Her ex-con ex wants her dead. I don't care who he is, he doesn't know who he's messing with. Nothing's going to stop me from protecting her. I get what I want. And I want her to be mine.
Maria
I witnessed my abusive ex murder a man in cold blood, and he knows I'm the one who told the cops it was him. When he gets mysteriously cleared of all charges I know I'm as good as dead. I'm fleeing for life and I have to protect my son.
It's not a good idea to run from one bad guy to another. Being with Dante is exactly that. He's a mistake, yet everything I need . . . I know he's bad news, but I also have a secret. One that could make him turn from me. I never meant for any of this to happen.
Contains mature themes.
Gio
She was my best friend's little sister. That meant she was forbidden to me. Women like her didn't belong in our dark world. Didn't stop me though . . . I went where I shouldn't and lost track of the dangers that lurked around us. My irresponsibility cost my best friend, her brother, his life.
I left home to keep her safe . . . and I knew leaving would break her heart. Guilt made me stay away, and I found peace in knowing she was better without me. But ,when I saw her again I forgot all the reasons why I was bad for her. All the reasons why I left. Leaving her once was hard. Leaving her twice feels like a mistake I don't want to make. Especially when I think she's in trouble . . .
Lyssa
When I saw Gio again I caved and gave into the temptation of him. God forbid if he finds out my secrets. He has a son he didn't know about and I made a deal with a devil who wants my body as payment if my father can't pay his debts.
When I'm with Gio I want him to save me, but I don't want him to break me like he did last time.
I want to be his like I was before, and remember when we belonged to each other.
Contains mature themes.
Claudius: My story started out with a guy who liked a girl. She looked like an angel to him. I was the guy, Ava the angel. But . . . my life turned into this world where I got married to her twin sister and Ava hated me. Then I got caught in a game with the devil I didn't want to play. My enemies used my weaknesses against me, and killed my wife. Ava could have died too, so I stayed away.
The universe, however, had other ideas and threw her right back in my path.
An angel like her didn't belong in the dark world of a Mafia boss.
I know that, except, I'm selfish. I should leave her alone, but I can't.
Ava: Ten years ago, when I first met Claudius, I knew he was trouble. He'd made me love's fool and broke my heart in so many ways when he married my sister. So, what was I doing running back into the arms of a man I shouldn't be with?
Coincidence reunited us, but my heart did the rest. My heart stifled the voice inside that told me to run away. My heart made me selfish . . . I wanted him for myself.
I knew I shouldn't be with him, but I couldn't leave him alone. That very thing could be my downfall.
Contains mature themes.
I was the devil. The worst kind of man for her. I knew the truth would make her hate me. But, I still wanted her to be mine.
My goddess. Damn, I'd never wanted a woman the way I wanted her. One simple kiss could scorch my mind clean of everything I knew. That was what she did to me. She took me out of the real world, where I was a mobster and she was a cop. I was the imposter who lied to her . . .
Her father gave me a task: marry his daughter and get everything. Marry the daughter of the mafia king and get everything. The whole billion-dollar fortune. Greed made me say yes, and love blinded me to the danger we were in.
The web of lies I got myself tangled in was the least of my worries because her life was in danger. She had a target on her back. Blood for blood, that's the worst kind of mark you can get in my world. It means death. Someone has to die . . .
I may be the devil and the worst kind of guy for this angel of a woman, but I'll die trying to save her. I will be her savior, and God help those who come for her.
Contains mature themes.
Luc
When you come from a crime family, you have a name to live up to. My enemies know I'm a bastard who shows no mercy-exactly the cold-hearted don my father would want me to be. Except we're not the ones in charge. Yet . . . The Boss wants me to take over his billion-dollar business, and the only way that's happening is if I can win the heart of his cop daughter. I planned to treat her just like all the other women who meant nothing to me, until I met her and everything changed.
Falling in love wasn't part of the plan. Neither was finding out that her father has a hidden agenda, and I'm just a pawn in his game.
Amelia
Running . . . Running away again. That was me. Always running from something. Running from my past and the terrible, dark, family secrets. Running away from myself, from the person I was and who I used to be. Now I'm running from my heart.
Luc . . . The type of man I never wanted to end up with. The mobster, the criminal, who called me his goddess and worshiped the ground I walked on. I shouldn't want him . . . because loving this man would be my worst nightmare. But . . . I couldn't resist him . . .
Contains mature themes.
