Sally edwards

After one terrible night with an unidentified stranger—a night that left Samantha Dawson with a secret she is passionately guarding—her life spun out of control. Unaware that Adrian Blackwood, a merciless billionaire, is the father of her kid, four years later she is compelled into an unplanned contract marriage. Though danger lurks from all sides—her dark background, his twisted family, and a lethal rival closing in— Adrian needs her to negotiate a financial deal that might preserve his empire. Secrets start to fall apart as their attraction grows; just as Adrian is about to find the truth, a startling turn of events could wipe out everything. Samantha cannot afford to expose one secret, hence there is another secret that can separate them.

Sold to the highest bidder to pay off a blood feud, I never imagined I would be the pawn in my father's fatal game. Still, here I am before Enzo De Luca, the most vicious mafia leader in the city. Though appealing, he is cold, deliberate, and as lethal. Though my heart races just from his proximity, it is his touch that ignites me. My body betrays me and reacts to him in ways I am powerless over. And I melt as he softly, commandingly says my name. Enzo loves neither me nor another. In his deadly kingdom, I am only another bargain, another transaction. But every time we are alone, the conflict between us snaps—desire becomes a terrible addiction. Although I detest him for everything he stands for, I yearn for the way he consumes me, body and soul. He has made it quite evident—our marriage is more about power than love. Still, every angry gaze and every snatched moment in the shadow reveals something different. Benevolent underneath his icy façade lies something broken that appeals to the darkest sides of me. But depending on a man like Enzo may mean losing everything. Bound to him now, for better or worse, I am caught in a world where loyalty is brittle and treachery carries a bullet. Our friendship gets more perilous the more truths about his empire I find. And as the past calls for us, I have to question myself: will our passion be the thing that ruins us both or can I survive loving a guy like Enzo De Luca? Burning in his arms is me. But in his universe, I could roast alive.