Enrique—I control everything in criminal empire. I was born into this life and know no other. Men cower when I look in their direction. That’s why it surprises me when a woman ready to fall off a ladder catches my attention. I don’t need a second chance at love. I bring too much darkness. I definitely don’t need a woman to complicate my life with a list of secrets nearly as long as mine. But something draws me to her. Despite my family’s warnings, I’ll pursue the woman I can’t control. I’m the man she never knew she wanted.

Javier—I may have walk in her door, but I barge into her life. Two reversed numbers lead me to the wrong address. One word and one look are all it takes for me to be hooked. I may lust for her, but I can never love her. She doesn’t need my dark past, deadly present, or likely short future anywhere near her. Now enemies she never imagined are harbingers of death. Will it be hers? Only I make her feel safe. Only I can protect her. You might fear my uncle. But you need to fear me.

Maddy—He doesn’t recognize me, but I know who he is. He’s the one man my family will never approve of. I came back to start over again, and he’s my new beginning. The pleasure he gives me when I’m in his arms surpasses all my fantasies–even the ones he’s in. There’s one major problem. My sister’s married to his enemy. People underestimate me since I’m the nice sister, but I’m silent and deadly. I slide next to you, strike when you’re not looking, and sink my fangs in.

Pablo—I’m dark. When people call me that, they don’t just mean my hair and eyes. I’m the enforcer. The man in your nightmares. But her…I want her, but I can’t trust her. Her family is my enemy. She works for the one man we despise more than anyone else. But she doesn’t fear me when everyone else does. She doesn’t back down. She’s the one woman who could help me rule my family’s empire one day. My reina—my queen. I’ll give her body pleasure and leave her breathless. Touch her, and I'll leave you breathless…But there’ll be no pleasure.

Florencia—In the Colombian underworld, my father robbed Pablo’s aunt of her happily ever after and left his cousins fatherless. Now I’m the woman who’s supposed to destroy his family. I didn’t ask to work for his uncle. I didn’t ask to be a repayment for my father’s debts—a man I never met. I’m so far in over my head I’m drowning, and the last man I should rely on is the only one willing to save me. I want him, but I can’t trust him. His touch makes me crave more, makes me dream of something that should never be. He’s the prince of darkness who steals my heart. There’s nothing I won’t do to protect what’s mine.

Liesel—He prowls into my boardroom like he owns it—broad shoulders, smug smirk, and the kind of danger that doesn’t just whisper, it promises to burn. Jorge Diaz isn’t here to do business. He’s here to dismantle everything I’ve built. Arrogant. Gorgeous. Lethal. He looks at me like he knows every secret I’ve ever buried, and worse—like he wants to strip me down until there’s nowhere left to hide. I should hate him. I should fight him. But when his hand brushes mine, I forget how to breathe.

Jorge—She thinks I’m here to invest. She’s wrong. I’m here for control. Anneliese Schlossberg is ice wrapped in silk—sharp tongue, flawless skin, and eyes that dare me to push her over the edge. I should walk away. My family’s empire is built on blood and shadows, not women like her. But every time she looks at me with that mix of fury and desire, I want to taste what’s forbidden. She’s supposed to be a means to an end. Instead, she’s becoming the one obsession I can’t let go.

I’m the one they whisper of in the night.

The one you don’t see coming.

She’s the one appears with no warning.

She leads me to the path.

I lead her home.