At seventeen, Ava Moretti witnessed a murder that ignited the bloodiest Mafia war in Valeria’s history. She saw the killer's face, she heard his final words and before she disappeared, she stole the one piece of evidence that could expose the truth. For ten years, Ava lived under a new name, secretly searching for the man who ordered the murder while protecting the last piece of the family she lost. She believed the De Lucas were responsible. She believed Roman De Luca’s father destroyed her family. She was wrong. Roman has spent ten years believing the Morettis murdered his father.Now the ruthless new Don finally finds Ava the only surviving witness to that night and takes her captive, determined to force the truth from her but Ava refuses to cooperate. She hates him, he distrusts her and neither realizes that the woman Roman has captured has been searching for the same answers he wants. When Ava reveals that the Morettis never killed his father, Roman's carefully built world begins to crack.His father's death was connected to something much bigger, his mother's supposed death in the war hides another secret and someone inside his own family has been manipulating both sides for years. As Roman and Ava reluctantly work together, their hatred slowly gives way to attraction neither of them can afford but every answer brings them closer to a betrayal that could destroy them both. Someone wanted the Mafia war to happen, someone wanted both families weakened and someone has spent ten years making sure the truth stayed buried. Now assassins are hunting Ava, Roman's enemies are closing in, and the man he trusts most may be the architect behind everything. Roman must choose between protecting the empire he inherited and destroying it for the woman who could expose it. But Ava has one final memory left to recover.And when she finally remembers what happened after the murder, she discovers the truth is far more dangerous than either of them imagined. The murder didn't start the Mafia war. The lie did.And Ava is the only person who can finally end it.