The Italian Reckoning (A New York Criminal Empire #3)

I used to believe in the badge.
That justice was clean.
That criminals belonged behind bars.

Then The Painter killed me.
Wrapped me in plastic. Painted my face like his final masterpiece.
But I survived. Barely.
Now he’s back…
And this time, his reckoning is personal.

My captain says I’m imagining things.
My precinct wants me off the case.
They think I’m obsessed.
But I know the scent of a monster when it’s breathing down my neck.

Then a biker saves me—
Tattooed. Violent. A mystery I should’ve run from.
Instead, I wanted more.
And I got it.

Rocky Barati.
The mafia prince.
The son of Don Matteo—the man who just ordered my execution.

Rocky kidnaps me to keep me alive.
Lies to me.
Shelters me in the criminal empire I was raised to dismantle.
And when I find out he’s the same biker who saved me in the dark…
Everything inside me breaks.

I should arrest him.
Instead, I let him claim me.
Body. Soul. Every shattered piece of my loyalty.

The Painter is watching.
The Don wants me dead.
And Rocky? He wants all of me—
Even if it means burning down his father's kingdom to keep me.

I swore I’d never fall for a criminal.
But now I’m staring down the barrel of the truth—
Is he my salvation… or the end of everything I am?
When the reckoning comes, whose side will I die on?

Author’s Note: This dark and forbidden mafia romance features a morally torn detective, a dangerous mafia heir, serial killer suspense, enemies-to-lovers fire, forced proximity, kidnapping, and a ruthless Don who wants her erased. Sinful, suspenseful, and deliciously twisted. Not for the faint of heart.