"I'm sorry, but what was your name?" "Koa. Koa Black. It's nice to finally meet you, Amara Aceso. I have been looking for you everywhere." ~~~~~~~~~~ Amara Aceso, a 19 year-old girl living in an abusive home with her uncle, meets the ice cold mafia leader, Koa Black. Amara sets out to break the shell that Koa enforces to push people away, all while battling her own demons, as well as the unknown enemies that want the money her parents left her after they in died in a horrific car accident. Can Amara burrow her way into Koa’s shell and fend off her enemies? Or will she end up dead just like her parents…