Age: 32
Height: 6’5”
Build: Extremely muscular, broad-shouldered, physically imposing
Occupation: Head of the DeLuca crime family
Nationality: Italian-American

Roman DeLuca is the man who inherited an empire built on loyalty, fear, and blood—and turned it into something even more powerful. At thirty-two, he controls the DeLuca organization with an iron grip, rarely raising his voice because he never needs to. His reputation speaks for him.

He is intimidating, calculating, and almost impossible to read. Roman notices everything—the smallest hesitation in someone’s voice, a nervous glance, a hand reaching for a weapon. He trusts very few people, and once someone betrays him, there is no second chance.

Behind closed doors, however, Roman is more complicated than the ruthless man the world believes him to be. He is fiercely protective of the people he considers his own and has a surprisingly gentle side that almost no one gets to see.

Roman doesn’t fall in love easily. In fact, he convinced himself years ago that love was a weakness he couldn’t afford.

Then she walks into his life.

And suddenly, the one thing Roman DeLuca cannot control is the way he feels about her.