‎The King Who Never Loved.‎ Adrian Alessandro Moretti is the most feared mafia king in whole of Italy. At Fifteen he went for his first mission. Now at Twenty-Six he controls an empire built on power, money, fear, and bloodshed. He is ruthless, calculating, and dangerously intelligent. People obey him because disobedience comes at a terrible cost.‎ Adrian has everything a man could desire: wealth, influence, beautiful women, and absolute authority. Yet, beneath his cold exterior lies a past filled with betrayal. After losing someone he loved and discovering that his own family was responsible for a devastating tragedy, he vowed never to trust anyone again.‎Love, to him, is weakness.‎Until he meets her.‎The Girl Who Refused to Kneel‎. Isabella Romano is a twenty-three year old woman with a mysterious past. Beautiful, intelligent, independent, and stubborn, she has spent years trying to protect her family from the consequences of a crime she never committed.‎Elara believes her life is finally coming together when she receives an unexpected invitation to a prestigious charity gala to one of the biggest Hotel in the whole of Italy.‎She accepts the invite without knowing that the invitation is a trap.‎That night, she comes face-to-face with Adrian Alessandro Moretti, the man whose name alone can silence an entire room.‎Their first meeting ends in disaster when he discovers something about Isabella's family that connects her to the murder of his father.‎To him, Isabella is not an innocent woman.‎She is the daughter of the man who destroyed his family.‎And he intends to make her pay.‎A Dangerous Obsession‎ Adrian brings Isabella into his world, determined to uncover the truth behind her father's involvement in his family's downfall.‎But Isabella refuses to be intimidated.‎She challenges his authority, questions his decisions, and refuses to become another person who trembles at his feet.‎For the first time in years, Adrian meets someone who isn't afraid to look him in the eyes and tell him when he is wrong.‎Their relationship becomes a dangerous battle of wills.‎The more Adrian investigates Isabella's past, the more he discovers that the woman he intended to punish may be the only person capable of exposing the conspiracy that has haunted his family for years.‎But there is a problem.‎Someone within his own organization wants Isabella and her family dead.‎Someone who knows the truth about Dante's father.‎And someone who will destroy everything to ensure that the truth remains buried.‎When obsession becomes love and love becomes a weakness, will the Mafia King protect the woman he once swore to destroy, or will his thirst for revenge cost him the only person who has ever challenged his heart?

In a dark alley