I fled the Colombo Family as a widow. But I’m coming back as their Queen.

I’m done running.

And I’m done having Nik Kusek sacrifice everything for my sake. She’s protected me, killed for me, even turned against her own people…

Now it’s my turn to step up. I’m ready to claim what belongs to me: the casino, the Family, and the truth about who really killed the old Don.

The problem? Everyone wants me dead.

The Colombos think Im a traitor. My husband’s killer is still out there, gunning for me. And the Novak Consortium wants me out of the way to pull their deadly operative back into line.

But Nik isnt theirs anymore.

Shes mine.

With enemies closing in from all directions, were playing a deadly game. The stakes have never been higher.

But this time Im playing for keeps.

The last thing I thought Id be doing in Vegas was protecting some wannabe gangster girl.

But as a rising star in the Consortium, an elite arms-trading organization, I do what Im told. Thats how I find myself gifted as a bodyguard to Brie Breezy Colombo, widow of a powerful Mafia Don, after someone takes a shot at her.

Everyone knows shes just a gold-digging trophy wife, her grief as fake as her long blonde hair, her perfect smile, and her…

Well, maybe they're real.

But as I shadow her through smoky backrooms and the glittering casino she now owns, I discover a Brie Colombo no one else sees—razor-sharp, ambitious, and intoxicatingly complex.

Its my job to keep her alive long enough to sign a lucrative contract with the Consortium on behalf of the Colombo Family. Instead, I find myself drawn into her quest for the truth about who really killed her late husband.

And each heated glance, each brush of her skin against mine, each forbidden moment we share, pulls me deeper into her world.

Soon Im faced with an impossible choice: stay true to the Consortium and my lifes ambitions, or risk everything for the woman whos rewritten every rule I thought I knew.

In Vegas, everythings a gamble…and Brie Colombo might just be the most dangerous bet Ive ever made.

Lyssa can't resist a damsel in distress…but she'll wish she resisted this one.

The ferocious Styx Syndicate enforcer and trainer known as “the Wolf” has always been the hunter, never the hunted. So when Lyssa sees the gorgeous Scarlett getting harassed by thugs in a dive bar she's visiting for intel, she jumps straight into protective mode.

But Lyssa soon discovers that not every damsel needs saving.

And sometimes, wolves wear sheep's clothing…

Lyssa thought she'd buried her past, but now it's rushing back with a vengeance—literally. Scarlett has a score to settle, and she's not going to back off.

The Styx Syndicate wants Scarlett dead. But Lyssa sees potential in her nemesis—and maybe something more. Something Lyssa has never allowed herself to want.

Something she didn't think was even an option.

Can Lyssa persuade the Syndicate to give Scarlett a chance? Or will she follow orders like she always has, and destroy the one person who makes her feel like something more than a monster?

Assassin Scarlett Fletcher is supposedly dead. Lyssa intends to make it so. Just…not yet.

Lyssa, the Wolf of the Styx Syndicate, has a simple plan. Hide her enemy-turned-uneasy-ally, train her up, and use her to take down Grandmother. Then Lyssa will follow through on the kill order and end the assassin for once and for all.

But nothing to do with Scarlett has ever been simple.

As Lyssa and Scarlett work together to track down the elusive Grandmother, lines begin to blur. Every sparring session just brings them closer together, and it's getting harder and harder for Lyssa to stay objective.

And when more secrets finally come to light, the Wolf must make an impossible choice.

Will Lyssa stay loyal to the family she swore allegiance to? Or will she protect the troubled woman who's slowly been stealing her heart?