A year of freedom ends when her fiancé's uncle reveals he's the mob boss she shot.
Willa was sold to crime lord Damen at auction, expected to submit to his brutality. Instead, she put a bullet in him and vanished, certain he was dead. Twelve months of peace evaporate when she meets her fiancé's uncle and recognizes the face she thought she erased. Damen survived, his memory intact, and he exploits the family tie to trap her once more, turning her upcoming wedding into a cage.
mafia
drama
romance
love-triangle
What draws you in
Heroine shoots her captor and flees
Fiancé's uncle is the presumed-dead mobster
Family connection weaponized as inescapable leverage
You'll love it if
You want a heroine who fights back, only to be cornered by the past she buried.