My father sold my life to clear his ledger. Now, I belong to the most ruthless enforcer in Chicago.
Cosima Rossi is a quiet archivist trying to survive her father's gambling mistakes. But when a team of armed men drags her from her library and into a transport van, her ordinary world is shattered. Her degenerate father didn't just borrow money—he signed a blood-debt contract, trading his only daughter to erase a three-million-dollar syndicate deficit.
Her new owner? Valerio Conti. The Chicago underworld's apex predator.
Valerio is a brutal, scarred enforcer who locks Cosima inside an impenetrable, biometric glass penthouse. He expects a terrified captive. He demands absolute submission. But Cosima refuses to break. Armed with a hidden lockpick and an analytical mind, she discovers a deadly secret buried in Valerio's ledgers: her father's debt was a manufactured trap set by a rival boss.
To survive the impending syndicate war, the archivist and the enforcer must forge a dangerous alliance. As the bullets fly and the betrayal deepens, the lines between captor and captive begin to blur. Valerio’s cold, calculated control is replaced by a dark, consuming obsession, and he will burn the city to the ground before he lets anyone take her from him.
But in a world built on blood and lies, surrendering to the monster holding the keys might be the most lethal mistake of all.
What to expect in Sinful Collateral:
Cosima Rossi is a quiet archivist trying to survive her father's gambling mistakes. But when a team of armed men drags her from her library and into a transport van, her ordinary world is shattered. Her degenerate father didn't just borrow money—he signed a blood-debt contract, trading his only daughter to erase a three-million-dollar syndicate deficit.
Her new owner? Valerio Conti. The Chicago underworld's apex predator.
Valerio is a brutal, scarred enforcer who locks Cosima inside an impenetrable, biometric glass penthouse. He expects a terrified captive. He demands absolute submission. But Cosima refuses to break. Armed with a hidden lockpick and an analytical mind, she discovers a deadly secret buried in Valerio's ledgers: her father's debt was a manufactured trap set by a rival boss.
To survive the impending syndicate war, the archivist and the enforcer must forge a dangerous alliance. As the bullets fly and the betrayal deepens, the lines between captor and captive begin to blur. Valerio’s cold, calculated control is replaced by a dark, consuming obsession, and he will burn the city to the ground before he lets anyone take her from him.
But in a world built on blood and lies, surrendering to the monster holding the keys might be the most lethal mistake of all.
What to expect in Sinful Collateral:
- Mafia / Syndicate Romance: Dive into the gritty, violent underworld of Chicago's elite.
Sold to Settle a Debt: A forced arrangement driven by a blood-contract.
Captive to Lovers: A high-stakes dynamic that shifts from imprisonment to an unbreakable partnership.
"Touch Her and You Die": An intensely possessive, lethal alpha male who destroys anyone who looks at her the wrong way.
Forced Proximity: Locked together in a high-tech glass penthouse and underground bunkers.
Badass FMC: A brilliant archivist who uses her mind as a weapon to dismantle a criminal empire.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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