Summer vacation was supposed to be boring. Instead, Stella got kidnapped.
Fresh off the bus from the secretive Valentina's Academy, Stella expects a return to normalcy. What she gets is a sack over her head and a one-way trip to a desert hideout-along with a brooding, unshaven guy she doesn't trust, but also can't ignore.
Who took her? Why now? And why are they keeping her alive?
Discovering she's the granddaughter of a disgraced mafia kingpin was shocking enough. But now it seems someone wants her out of the picture-badly. The old family territory was stolen years ago in a brutal coup. So why is the past coming for her now?
To survive, Stella will need to trust her instincts and use every trick Valentina's taught her. Because in this game, nothing is black and white-and the line between hero and villain might just disappear altogether.
A twisted, suspenseful Beauty and the Beast retelling with mafia secrets, desert standoffs, and a fierce heroine who won't go down without a fight.
