Aria Blake has always been the smartest in the room — top grades, top reputation, no rivals. Until Luca Romano transfers in and effortlessly steals her academic throne. He’s maddeningly calm, mysteriously brilliant, and somehow always one step ahead. Their rivalry burns hot — until late-night study sessions blur the line between hate and something dangerously close to desire. But when Aria uncovers Luca’s secret — that he’s the heir to a powerful mafia family on a covert mission — her perfect world spirals into chaos. Now she’s caught between the boy she swore to beat and the danger he was sent to destroy. Rival by day. Mafia by night. And her heart caught in the middle.