I came to kill him. He made me his instead.
They call me the Alchemist. For eleven years, I've been a ghost in the underground—crafting poisons for the highest bidder, hunting the men who massacred my family. I don't make mistakes.
Until Rocco Vitale.
Vegas calls him the Surgeon. A beautiful monster who feels every sensation as color, every touch as symphony—and every kill as agony. He rules an empire built on blood, and he's my final target.
But when my poison fails and he invokes the Blood Law—an ancient mafia tradition that makes me his for thirty nights—everything changes.
I should hate him. This dark-eyed devil who keeps me captive in his penthouse, who watches me with a hunger that burns through every wall I've built. Who touches me and feels... nothing. For the first time in his cursed existence, my skin brings him silence instead of screaming.
I'm his cure.
He's my obsession.
And the truth about my family's murder? It's darker than either of us imagined.
When I discover my sister is still alive—held captive by the real monster who destroyed us both—Rocco becomes something I never expected.
My partner. My protector. My undoing.
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"You're the only person I've touched in twenty-five years who doesn't cause me pain," he breathes against my throat. "You're either my salvation or my destruction."
"Why not both?" I whisper back.
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A standalone dark mafia romance with a possessive alpha hero with Mirror-Touch Synesthesia, an assassin heroine who brings him to his knees, and enough heat to burn your kindle to ashes. No cheating. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed.
WARNING: This book contains explicit content, violence, captivity, and dark themes. 18+ only. See inside for full trigger warnings.
They call me the Alchemist. For eleven years, I've been a ghost in the underground—crafting poisons for the highest bidder, hunting the men who massacred my family. I don't make mistakes.
Until Rocco Vitale.
Vegas calls him the Surgeon. A beautiful monster who feels every sensation as color, every touch as symphony—and every kill as agony. He rules an empire built on blood, and he's my final target.
But when my poison fails and he invokes the Blood Law—an ancient mafia tradition that makes me his for thirty nights—everything changes.
I should hate him. This dark-eyed devil who keeps me captive in his penthouse, who watches me with a hunger that burns through every wall I've built. Who touches me and feels... nothing. For the first time in his cursed existence, my skin brings him silence instead of screaming.
I'm his cure.
He's my obsession.
And the truth about my family's murder? It's darker than either of us imagined.
When I discover my sister is still alive—held captive by the real monster who destroyed us both—Rocco becomes something I never expected.
My partner. My protector. My undoing.
---
"You're the only person I've touched in twenty-five years who doesn't cause me pain," he breathes against my throat. "You're either my salvation or my destruction."
"Why not both?" I whisper back.
---
A standalone dark mafia romance with a possessive alpha hero with Mirror-Touch Synesthesia, an assassin heroine who brings him to his knees, and enough heat to burn your kindle to ashes. No cheating. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed.
WARNING: This book contains explicit content, violence, captivity, and dark themes. 18+ only. See inside for full trigger warnings.
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