Embers of Lust

GIULIA
New York was supposed to be my escape.
A mafia princess finally breathing on her own.
Instead, my father sticks me with the one man I should fear most.
Alessandro Vitali. The enemy who almost killed my sister-in-law.
The man my brothers would shoot without a second thought.
Now he’s my driver. My guard.
He watches everything and stiffens when I flirt with danger.
Says ‘no’ with a growl that shouldn’t make my heart race.
I should hate him. Maybe I still do.
But the longer we’re alone in the dark, the more I wonder what would happen if I ran toward the monster instead of away.

ALESSANDRO
I used to be royalty. Now I’m the help.
Exiled from my family. Bound to the Santoros like a weapon they own.
My punishment? Guard the daughter of the man who destroyed my life.
Guilia is softness in a brutal world, danger wrapped in temptation.
She thinks I’m her jailer. She doesn’t see the wolves I keep from her door.
Every time she tests me with that defiant smile, I should shut her down.