She always felt danger was someone else’s problem. Until it became hers, she didn’t understand it. When betrayal grows into a thorn in the Caruso family, a truth is revealed: she’s the only heir to one of the criminal empires that rule Palermo. And the man assigned to protect her? He’s the son of the traitor who almost destroyed the empire. Tasked with keeping her alive, he must remain distant to a point. But desire however doesn’t follow orders and every touch could ignite a fire neither of them can quench. Burdened by his father’s sins he has everything to prove and everything to lose. Loving her is forbidden. Touching her is treason. Trusting him could get her killed. And in a city where law and blood are everything, the line between love and death is razor thin. Will she claim her legacy or risk everything for the one thing she is forbidden from?.