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Born into a legacy of power and betrayal, Alessandro De Luca inherited his father's criminal empire at twenty-two after a rival family's hit. For a decade, he's ruled Chicago's underworld with calculated precision, using his family's legitimate wine import business as a front. Currently, he's navigating a fragile truce with the Irish syndicate while a mole threatens his operations. What he wants is absolute control—over his city, his enemies, and the one person he allows past his defenses, craving a loyalty that won't shatter like his father's did.

Themes: Male, Female-POV, Dark, Forbidden, Enemies-to-Lovers, Intense, Contemporary