Desire Vireaux thought she understood betrayal until the night she was left to die. Set up by someone she once trusted, Desire walks straight into an ambush meant to erase her completely. But just when everything ends, a man steps in and changes her fate. Kael Draven. Cold. Powerful. Dangerous. He saves her life, but not out of kindness. He takes her into his world a world ruled by power, secrets, and control. Trapped inside a mafia empire she doesn’t understand, Desire quickly realizes one thing: survival is not enough. If she wants to live, she must become stronger than the people trying to destroy her. But the deeper she goes, the more shocking the truth becomes. The attack on her life was planned. And the man behind it is someone she never expected to betray her. As enemies close in and hidden agendas unfold, Desire finds herself caught between revenge and something far more complicated her growing connection with Kael Draven. A man who sees her as an asset. A man who refuses to let her go. A man who may become her greatest weakness. In a world where trust is dangerous and power is everything, Desire must decide who to believe, who to fight, and who to become. Because this time, she won’t be the one who falls. She will be the one who rises.

Sophia Ward was betrayed, divorced, and nearly destroyed by the man she loved.The night he sends men to silence her, she’s saved by Dominic Cross the most powerful and dangerous man in the underworld.He offers her a deal stay with him, and he’ll help her take revenge.But Dominic didn’t find her by chance.He’s been watching her long before her marriage fell apart.As power, passion, and secrets collide, Sophia rises from a discarded wife to a woman no one dares to touch.But in a world built on control and liesis Dominic her salvationor her most dangerous mistake?