I kissed the enemy… and now I can’t escape him.” Aria Vescari never meant to fall for the man she came to destroy. As the hidden daughter of Don Vescari, she was trained to hate the De Luca name. So when her brother is nearly killed in a backdoor mafia deal, Aria goes undercover at the enemy’s masquerade gala—intent on exposing their crimes. But nothing goes as planned. One forbidden kiss under the stars. One night of temptation with a masked stranger. One reckless mistake that changes everything. Because the man who stole her breath that night… is Matteo De Luca—her family’s greatest rival and the cold, powerful head of the mafia empire she’s sworn to bring down. Now Matteo knows she’s hiding something. He just doesn’t know what. Yet. Caught in a war of lies, lust, and blood-soaked loyalty, Aria is forced into Matteo’s world—one where obsession is a weapon, betrayal is deadly, and love could cost them everything. She was raised to hate him. So why does her heart keep choosing him?