I broke into his impenetrable vault to save my brother. He locked the doors and decided to keep me as his queen. SERENA As a top-tier hostage negotiator, I talk down monsters for a living. My plan was infiltrate the underground vault of The Obsidian Casino, get caught, and force Dante Ravenel into a negotiation to wipe my idiot brother's blood debt. But Dante doesn't negotiate. He dictates. He is the King of Vegas. A ruthless, untouchable casino boss with obsidian eyes and a smile that promises absolute ruin. He agreed to let my brother live—on one twisted condition. I have to move into his penthouse. I have to pose as his devoted girlfriend to draw out a deadly mole in his syndicate. I thought I could handle the forced proximity. I thought I could ignore his heat. But every time his hands possessively grip my waist for the cameras, the lines blur. And when the real bullets start flying, I realize I’m no longer trying to escape the monster. I’m trying to save him.
DANTE Control is my religion. I don’t tolerate variables I can’t calculate. Then Serena Cruz stepped onto my security grid in a tailored blazer and stilettos, looking me dead in the eye without a single flinch. She thought she was playing a tactical game of chess. She didn't realize she had just walked into a cage. I didn't cage her to punish her. I caged her because from the second she challenged me, I knew I was never letting her leave. Now, my empire is under attack. A rival syndicate is hunting us, and my own men are bleeding my secrets. But they made one fatal miscalculation. They put a target on
her back. The fake relationship is over. The vows are written in blood. And I will gladly burn this entire city to ash before I let anyone else touch the woman who owns my soul.
CALCULATED DECEPTION is a dark billionaire/mafia romance. It features an obsessively possessive "Touch Her And You Die" hero and a brilliant, fierce heroine. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Just a savage, explosive Happily Ever After.
