Ciro Ricci has always loved what he could never have, his twin brother’s wife. That obsession nearly ruined him. It dragged him into betrayal, into blood, into a darkness even he couldn’t control. Now, with his family reclaimed and his son finally his own, Ciro swears he’s done chasing ghosts. But the shadows don’t let go. Katya is everything he hates: scarred, broken, a woman who has been used by men like him and forced to crawl through filth to survive. And she hates him just as much because he wears the name Ricci, because he looks like the monsters who destroyed her. Yet hatred isn’t enough to stop the pull between them. Their pasts are poisonous. Their desires are dangerous. And together, they may burn each other alive before they ever learn what it means to heal.

Trigger Warnings: - Taboo relationship. - violence, manipulation. - Explicit sexual content: power play, rough intimacy, and kink - Emotional and psychological torment Isabella Moretti’s world was destroyed by Luca Ricci—the man she’s now forced to marry. She’s out for revenge, but Luca isn’t the kind of man to be defeated so easily. He has his own plans, and they’re darker than she could ever imagine. Their hatred burns like fire, but their chemistry is undeniable. Passion laced with violence, desire wrapped in pain, and secrets that threaten to consume them both. In a world where pleasure and power collide, Isabella’s body and mind are pushed to their limits. Torn between two men—Luca, the ruthless bastard who broke her, and, the twisted love she never saw coming—she finds herself drowning in a web of obsession and taboo. Her heart is at war, but the question remains: who will claim her? And at what cost?