When tragedy takes her mother, Elena Carter forces herself to accept her father’s sudden marriage to glamorous socialite Marissa Hayes. But loyalty comes at a price — on Elena’s wedding day, her new stepmother and stepsister drug her, leaving her to wake in a stranger’s bed. That stranger is Adrian Cross: ruthless billionaire, feared mafia boss… and the man who unknowingly changes her life forever.Banished from her home and carrying his child, Elena flees abroad to protect her unborn son.Seven years later, a twist of fate brings her face-to-face with Adrian again. The moment he learns the truth, his obsession ignites — and his terms are merciless: stay with me until I lose interest, or your family dies.Now caught between her son’s safety and Adrian’s dangerous world of power, violence, and desire, Elena must fight to keep her freedom. But as a mafia war brews and the truth about that night threatens to surface, her heart begins to betray her.Is Adrian her captor… or the only man who can keep her alive?