Bella

Propose to the Devil

You broke into the most feared man in the city's private penthouse with a stolen elevator code, a secondhand ring, and absolutely no backup plan — because someone had to say it first, and you decided that someone was you. Dorian Voss has buried three rivals this month, runs half the city's underground, and has never once shown a crack in that iron composure — until tonight, when you drop to one knee on his imported marble floor. The security window closes in eight minutes, and his second-in-command is already on his way up.

The Boss Can't Say It

You walked into Luca Morretti's private dining room as your father's stand-in, expecting contracts and cold handshakes — not a table set for two with your favorite wine already breathing in the decanter. Luca is the most feared name in three cities, a man who has never once been caught wanting anything he did not already own. Tonight, for the first time in his life, he wants something he does not know how to take.

Fifteen Years Too Late

Fifteen years ago you vanished from Declan Ashford's life without a single word — or so he believes. Tonight, in a ballroom full of Chicago's elite, fate has seated you three feet apart with matching host badges and no exit that does not cost someone everything. The letter you left was never found. The engagement ring on his finger belongs to someone else. And the way he is looking at you right now makes it clear that fifteen years has done absolutely nothing to kill what started when you were seventeen.

The Vane Claim

Dorian Vane has spent three years hunting you across every ballroom in the city, and tonight he has cornered you in his study with a contract that smells of ink and obsession. Sign it, and you inherit a fortune — and a husband who swears he will make you forget every other man who ever breathed. Refuse, and the doors lock until dawn.

The Heir He Cannot Release

Your father built his empire shaking hands with devils, and the most dangerous devil of all just locked the elevator. Dominic Voss — Mafia sovereign, your father's oldest associate, and the man who has watched you from a careful distance for three years — is done being careful. With 72 hours until the inheritance transfer closes and a rival faction already moving through the city below, the penthouse is the only safe place left. The problem is: safe for your body is the most dangerous place imaginable for everything else.