My wedding night was supposed to end with my husband’s death.Alessandro DeLuca was the ruthless mafia don I had spent years hating, the man I believed had ordered my brother’s murder. So when I slipped a knife beneath my pillow that night, I wasn’t planning to become his wife….I was planning to become his killer.But before I could strike, Alessandro caught my wrist.He already knew I hated him.Instead of retaliating, he offered me a deal.Six months.Six months of pretending to be the perfect wife while he played the perfect husband. In return, he would give me my freedom, enough money to leave Valleria, and a chance to disappear from his life forever.It should have been easy.I only had to pretend I didn’t hate him.But living under the same roof with the man I swore to destroy made everything complicated. The cold and ruthless don I expected slowly revealed a different side of himself—the man who stood between me and every enemy who wanted me dead.And despite everything I believed about him, I began falling for my husband.Then I discovered something that shattered everything.Alessandro didn’t kill my brother.The truth was buried in an old police file, and it led somewhere I never expected, straight back to my own family.My father had ordered my brother’s death.And now that he knew I was getting close to the truth, I was next.The man I married to kill may be the only man who can keep me alive.But when the six-month contract ends, will I still want my freedom or will I choose the husband I once swore to destroy?

Living as the only daughter of Don Carmine Vitale means existing inside a golden cage surrounded by silk, velvet, armed guards, and rules designed to keep me alive whether I want them or not. Then the Falcone syndicate puts a five-million-dollar bounty on my head. My father responds by hiring the most dangerous enforcer in the underground to guard me twenty-four hours a day. Malakai Vance. Six foot four of scarred muscle, cold steel-grey eyes, and ruthless precision. He is the kind of man who can walk into a room full of killers and make them reach for their weapons first. He follows me everywhere, controls my movements, watches every door, and somehow knows what I’m about to do before I do it. I hate him. I hate his rules. I hate the way he calls me little princess like he owns the right. But there’s something wrong with my new protector. The man who saved my father’s life on the night of the first attack shouldn’t know the estate’s security system better than my father’s own guards. He shouldn’t know where I will be before I tell anyone. And he definitely shouldn’t be investigating the bounty in secret. Because someone inside my father’s organization is feeding information to our enemies. And Malakai seems to know exactly who we’re looking for. The closer I get to uncovering the truth, the more dangerous he becomes. And the more impossible it becomes to ignore the heat between us. Until I discover what’s hidden behind his carefully constructed identity. Malakai Vance doesn’t exist. The man beneath that name is Malakai Vane—the last surviving heir of the family my father swore he destroyed. He entered my father’s house with a vendetta, an assassination plan, and years of hatred burning through his veins. But he never expected to fall for the daughter of the man he came to kill. Now the man who once wanted my family dead is the only person standing between me and the people hunting me. And when the truth about the Vane massacre finally comes to light, Malakai will have to choose between the revenge he’s spent his entire life preparing for and the woman who became more important than his bloodline.

The Golden Boy’s Biggest SecretAt Brookwood High, Daniel Hayes is everything everyone thinks a perfect student should be.Basketball captain. Top student. Teachers’ favorite. The golden boy everyone trusts.But three years ago, his older brother, Aaron, disappeared—and Daniel has always claimed he left without saying goodbye.Maya never questioned that story.Until she discovers an old basketball recording from the exact night Aaron vanished.The footage shows Daniel and Aaron together.And Daniel doesn’t look angry.He looks terrified.Before Maya can understand what she has found, an unknown number sends her a chilling message:You found the video.Then another:Ask Daniel what happened after the camera stopped recording.Daniel finally admits the truth.Aaron is alive.But the deeper Maya digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes. Ethan, Daniel’s best friend, knows something. The school’s security footage from that night has mysteriously disappeared. And an old photograph reveals a black car waiting outside the gym—the same car belonging to Daniel’s father.Someone has spent three years making sure Aaron’s disappearance stays a secret.Now Maya is getting too close.And whoever has been watching her doesn’t intend to let her uncover the truth.

The Golden Boy’s Biggest SecretAt Brookwood High, Daniel Hayes is everything everyone thinks a perfect student should be.Basketball captain. Top student. Teachers’ favorite. The golden boy everyone trusts.But three years ago, his older brother, Aaron, disappeared—and Daniel has always claimed he left without saying goodbye.Maya never questioned that story.Until she discovers an old basketball recording from the exact night Aaron vanished.The footage shows Daniel and Aaron together.And Daniel doesn’t look angry.He looks terrified.Before Maya can understand what she has found, an unknown number sends her a chilling message:You found the video.Then another:Ask Daniel what happened after the camera stopped recording.Daniel finally admits the truth.Aaron is alive.But the deeper Maya digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes. Ethan, Daniel’s best friend, knows something. The school’s security footage from that night has mysteriously disappeared. And an old photograph reveals a black car waiting outside the gym—the same car belonging to Daniel’s father.Someone has spent three years making sure Aaron’s disappearance stays a secret.Now Maya is getting too close.And whoever has been watching her doesn’t intend to let her uncover the truth.