Alessio: Cold-blooded. Ruthless. Murderer. Every living soul fears and reveres me. I was born not to know what it's like to love and be loved, but to make the fucking Abandonato clan pay for my mother's death by wiping out every last member of it from the face of the earth. When I found a strange beaten girl hiding under my bed, I didn’t feel a single pang of pity for her. She is just another toy in my hands. Ayla: I thought that Alessio was another man whose plans were to use me, break me, and then throw me away. I'm not sure I know what it's like to trust someone anymore. With all that pain, I couldn’t put my heart back together – but Alessio did. And next to him it beats again. But if he knew the danger I pose to him... I wouldn't live. This book contains dark - and sometimes violent - depictions of the world of organized crime, sexual assault and suicide, and some events may be triggering for some readers. p>