Valentina Moretti was born to rule, she was born to lead those who had nothing but blood on their hands. But when her father's blood stains the floor and her empire collapses overnight, she’s forced into the last alliance she ever wanted. With him. The man who loathed her just as much as she loathed him. Nico De Rossi. Cold. Calculating. Deadly. The man she once publicly humiliated by rejecting his hand in marriage. The same man who saves her from an ambush meant to wipe her out for good. The same man that vowed to ruin her and everything that she held dear. Now presumed dead, Valentina has a rare advantage, but no allies, no family, and no time. Her only chance at reclaiming her legacy is a reluctant truce with the one man who has every reason to hate her. The man who had every reason to wipe her out himself. But nothing is easy when two enemies share a bed, a target, and a past soaked in betrayal. As old wounds bleed into new desires, and a war with a brutal syndicate erupts around them, they’ll have to decide: Can they stand by one another’s side? Or is their past going to be too strong of a pull to trigger them in…?