book cover of Brutal Hearts
 

Brutal Hearts

(2026)
(The second book in the Kings of New York series)
A novel by

 
 
Lucia
I felt the primal pull to Marco Santori the moment he landed in my ER with a stab wound to the abdomen.

He’s mafia. Violent. Dangerous. A bad decision with a whiskey-laced voice as smooth as his charm.

Yet I can’t stop thinking about him...or stay away once I realize he’s the key to unlocking the truth behind my brother’s death.

I intended to use Marco Santori to find the man who killed my brother. But soon I’m involved in something far more personal—and far deadlier—than I imagined.

Now I’ve become the target.

Faking an engagement to the devastatingly handsome mafia enforcer was supposed to keep me safe.

Instead, it’s put my heart in danger.

Marco
As a champion kickboxer and the enforcer for the Benedetti
famiglia, I’m used to pain.

The ache I feel after Dr. Lucia Romano stitches me up has nothing to do with my injuries, though...and everything to do with wanting to touch her. Kiss her. Make her mine.

I should stay away. I’m built for violence. Not a beautiful, fiery woman who looks at me like I’m her salvation and damnation.

But when the Russian bratva marks her for death after she overhears their organ-trafficking scheme, I have no choice.
To make her untouchable, I’m going to make her my wife.

I quickly learn the only thing more dangerous than creating a fake future is wanting it to be real.

She’s my vulnerability. My everything.

And I’ll burn the world to keep her safe.

*Brutal Hearts is a full-length mafia romance novel with no cheating and a guaranteed HEA.


Genre: Mystery



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