My career was supposed to be my way out. Now my only chance at saving it is the man who could destroy everything else.

I’ve spent years building a spotless reputation as a New York attorney. Clean cases, clean wins, clean hands. But thanks to my father’s white‑collar crimes, my client list is evaporating, my bank account is circling the drain, and my future is slipping through my fingers.

Enter Nico Molenti. Mobster. Menace. The last man I should ever be alone with.

He walks into my office with a job offer I should refuse on sight—dangerous, illegal, and guaranteed to end my career. But Nico is persistent… and persuasive in ways that make my pulse trip and my principles blur. Every time I say no, he finds a way to make me consider yes.

Taking his case means crossing a line I can never uncross. It means stepping into a world built on vengeance, loyalty, and blood. It means letting a man like Nico get close enough to touch the parts of me I’ve kept locked away.

But the deeper I fall into his orbit, the harder it becomes to remember why I should stay away. Because Nico doesn’t just want my help. He wants me.

And if I’m not careful, he might become the one thing I can’t fight my way out of.