The Kiss Thief

Francesca Rossi grows up sheltered in Chicago, the daughter of an Outfit boss. Her future seems settled: she is expected to wed Angelo Bandini, whose family is among the most powerful in the city. Then a masked stranger takes her first kiss at a masquerade.

The stranger is Senator Wolfe Keaton, a charismatic and ruthless enemy of the Rossis. He has evidence of her father's crimes and uses it as a lever, forcing Francesca to become his wife.

The book is a dark mafia romance told in alternating points of view, with Francesca and Wolfe each narrating. Its dynamic is enemies to lovers, with a love triangle and a morally grey hero. A sizeable age gap separates the leads. It was published in 2019.

Francesca is caught between Angelo, the man her family promised her to, and Wolfe, the rival who has claimed her. The question driving the book is how much of her future she can still choose for herself.