Meredith Baker never expected a knock at the door to upend her entire world. Crushed by debt, working multiple part-time jobs, and fighting to keep her ailing mother alive, she's faced with an impossible choice: become the possession of a dangerous stranger—or lose everything. Lorenzo Valentino is cold, calculated, and merciless. As the heir to one of the most feared mafia empires, he's used to getting what he wants. So when he learns his sworn rival, Enzo Romano, has taken an interest in a woman, Lorenzo makes a move—claiming her first, not for love, but revenge. What begins as a cruel game of power spirals into something far more perilous. Dragged into a brutal world of crime, betrayal, and bloodshed, Meredith’s freedom becomes an illusion—and her heart, the most dangerous prize of all.