Ruthless Heir

Gabriel Reca grew up inside the Mafia with one aim: to destroy Ray Byrne, who killed his mother when Gabriel was a boy. Everything he has built since then points toward that revenge.

Ray's daughter, Bianca Byrne, is a Mafia princess whose sheltered life is far from innocent. She and Gabriel have been at odds since high school, and the mix of hostility and attraction between them never cooled, even after years apart.

Gabriel works his way into Ray's organization and is assigned to guard Bianca. His plan is to use her against her father. Standing in the way is the pull he feels toward the woman she has become, and Bianca finds the man he has grown into just as hard to resist.

This is a dark mafia romance and the first book in the Ruthless Dynasty series, though it reads as a standalone. It is built on enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity and a captivity setup, with old grievances and new desire working against a carefully laid scheme. The romance ends happily.