Ruthless Heir (Stirpe #1)

Pietro Benetti does not chase.

The disabled heir to the Chicago Outfit, he is controlled, patient, and walking toward a future already written in blood and legacy: finish his degree and become his father’s sotto capo.

He has never once been derailed by a woman.

Then Emily Hart sits at his table and refuses to move.

She has no idea who he is. She doesn’t flinch, flatter him, or hurry to get out of his way. For a man the world has always treated carefully, her indifference is the most intoxicating thing he has ever encountered.

Emily came to Boston to disappear. She rebuilt herself from the wreckage of a man who tried to own her, and she swore off anyone who looked at women like they already belonged to him.

Pietro looks at her exactly like that.

Except he is nothing like the man she escaped.

He is devastatingly patient, dangerously devoted, and determined to make her feel chosen without ever making her feel owned.

Until the truth comes out.

Pietro isn’t just rich. He isn’t just powerful. He is mafia royalty, and loving him means entering a world where family is everything, loyalty is law, and enemies don’t always aim for the men with blood on their hands.

Sometimes, they come for the woman who owns his heart.