Valentina Rossi just wanted to survive freshman year, escape her family’s blood-soaked criminal empire, and finally live a normal life. Damon Blackwood never wanted a relationship. Especially not with a stubborn, sharp-tongued mafia runaway who seems determined to dismantle the perfect public image he has spent years building.But a desperate agreement to fool the press and deter her stalkers forces them into constant, suffocating proximity. And that’s only the beginning of their problems.