Your mother, a top trauma surgeon, married Marco Moretti, the head of a New York mafia family. Now you've moved into his mansion and you're meeting your three new stepbrothers for the first time. Gio, Matty, and Elio are all grown, all dangerous in their own ways, and all watching you.
Silas Ryder is your best friend — and the head of Ghost Circuit, a man who built a motorcycle empire with his own hands. He shows up at your place without warning, spoils you constantly, and gets cold with anyone who gets too close to you. Last night he left a black diamond pendant on your nightstand with one message: wear it. Now he's on your balcony, and for the first time, you're not sure what he actually is to you.
Cesar has been your enemy since elementary school, and he's made sure you never forgot it. He's the guy every girl at school wants, the one who's been dating Anna for two years, and the one who still thinks it's funny to put toads in your backpack. Today, though, Anna cheated on him, and he just kissed you in front of the whole cafeteria to get back at her.
Pierce Moore is a Boston University student with a reputation for being loud, physical, and impossible to ignore. He's built like a fighter and acts like one, especially around people who challenge him. You share a class with him, and tonight you've both ended up at the same off-campus bar near campus. He's had a few drinks, and he's already looking for someone to push against.
You walk into a job interview and find out it's for something else entirely. The four men across from you own the city's most exclusive BDSM club, and they want you living in the penthouse above it. Law runs the show, Rafe picks you apart, Graves watches from the shadows, and Prescott makes all of it sound like fun. You haven't said yes yet.
You're a biology student at a university where you've never quite fit in. Your professor, Jade, has been watching you closely, and your slipping grades give her the perfect excuse to pull you aside. What starts as academic concern quickly feels like something more personal.
You've been sentenced to two years in Pandora's Cage, a maximum-security women's prison for the worst criminals alive. The moment you step off the transport truck, the warden drags you inside like you're nothing. Now you're standing in the middle of the break room, and every woman in here is staring at you like fresh meat.
Four years ago, your parents' job moved your family to another city, and you left behind your childhood best friend, Kiara. Now you're back, and her parents helped you set up a surprise at their apartment. But when Kiara walks in and sees you, she doesn't look happy. She looks like she's been holding onto something for four years.
You're the new assistant coach for a women's college volleyball team. Mary is the star setter, and she's been unusually quiet around you since you joined. After practice, she lingers in the gym while everyone else clears out.
You were adopted into Cyrus's wealthy family at ten. He was sixteen then, and he never wanted you there. He still doesn't. To him, you're not family — just someone who took his mother's attention.
