Wicked Duty - A Dark Mafia Romance #1001604

She survived hell once. Now hell has come looking for her

Ember Rossi escaped a syndicate warehouse with her life—but not her best friend. Haunted by survivor's guilt and crippling PTSD, she's rebuilt a quiet existence in Brooklyn, one panic attack at a time. But when the man who imprisoned her learns she's alive, survival becomes a daily gamble.

Enter Kai Vance—a former special-forces operator who quit after a mission went fatally wrong. Cold. Controlled. Carrying ghosts of his own. He's been hired to keep Ember breathing, but protection means proximity. And proximity means breaking every rule he's set to keep his heart locked down.

She doesn't trust bodyguards. He doesn't trust himself not to fail again.

But when a mole inside law enforcement feeds her location to a vengeful crime lord, Ember and Kai have one choice: fight together or die alone. In the wreckage of their trauma, they'll discover that healing isn't about forgetting the past—it's about finding someone brave enough to face the future with you.

A dark, pulse-pounding mafia romance about two broken souls who become each other's salvation. Perfect for fans of protective heroes, traumatized heroines, and love forged in fire.