Mafia Rose

My mother kept me hidden my entire life, never hinting at the vicious crime family I was born into. Or the dangerous men who were out for my head. So when I finally step into the pageant stage’s bright spotlight, he’s there waiting for me.

At first, I didn’t understand what Nikolai woke in me when he used my body for his revenge plot. But now? Now, I have plans of my own. He may think I’m his rose to claim, to dominate, control, but I am a rose steeped in war and born from bloodshed.

I’ve weathered the storms. Now, it’s my time to bloom. I came too close to losing Nikolai, and it almost destroyed me. I’m not sure why, but it’s getting harder to hate him every day. Something is blossoming between us—something more than lust—and it scares me. It’s more powerful, more magnetic than I can explain, and that makes it dangerous.

As blackened and hard as it may be, she stole it, owns it. Somehow, through it all, she made me feel a little less ruthless. A little less like a monster. That’s just how Rose is. She’s my weakness—she always has been—and soon, I’ll be able to call her my wife. Mrs. Wilder. Then, she’ll be mine in every sense of the word. But when an old enemy tries to rip my family and my empire apart, the wedding plans have to be put on hold. I refuse to let anyone take away the happiness I’ve worked so hard to find.