This is a spinoff and Book II of the Lealtà Series It can be read independently, but I suggest reading L'Angelo della Morte first. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ His inked hand locked around my throat and he yanked me down on the loveseat next to him, now looming above me. "I said" - his grip loosened, harsh turning firm - "Who did you tell?" My eyes were wide, my heart galloping. "Tell what?" My breathing came out uneven. Shallow. "Don't play dumb with me, amore," he drawled, "I'm not a patient man." ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Monroe Rivera is desperate to escape her toxic boyfriend and boss, and her job as an exotic dancer - dreaming of pursuing a life of independence. Romeo Salvatore, a world-renowned assassin, has returned home with a mission: find out who's trying to revive Livio Fiorino's legacy and overthrow the Lombardi famiglia - his famiglia - and kill them. He did not expect to have a run-in with a certain beauty, nor did he expect that he would find himself sharing a home with her. The two have to navigate the dangers and secrets that appear when an assassin is involved with an ordinary citizen - so what happens when feelings occur? And what happens when their lives take twists that challenge those feelings?