Those Who Dare

Growing up as part of the Mancini mob clan in Chicago was all Tony Bricker and Max Hixson ever knew. They were trained by their uncle, the Don of the Mancini family, and he dubbed them his Gardeners. They were more than just best friends, they were chosen brothers and loved their jobs as Mancini enforcers. Until Max changed everything three years ago. Their friendship shattered and Max fled to Michigan to do his uncle’s work. Now he’s been called back to Chicago and once more paired with his former best friend, chosen brother, and the one man he’d always loved.

Anthony Mancini, Chicago's Italian kingpin, has no choice but to bring in outside help to train his niece, Valentina Russo, who is hell-bent on exacting her revenge on the Irish mob that had her abducted and abused her four months ago. Mancini hires two assassins to do the job. Gordon Wellington is a hands-on, up-close, silent killer. Craig Barlow prefers the distance, allowing poisons to take out his marks. Years of beating each other to take out the same marks has built an unrivaled hatred between them. Hatred or not, now they have the same contract.