by Meghan March
First published 2021
Cannon Freeman stands in his club watching Drew Carson ask for work. She doesn't know his father Dominic Casso runs the most notorious crime family in the city. She doesn't know Cannon is the bastard son who earned his place through blood and silence. Cannon has spent his life following orders without question. He kills when told. He stays quiet when his father refuses to claim him publicly. He accepts being the family outcast because loyalty means survival. Drew changes everything. Her presence in his world creates an impossible choice. Cannon can obey his father and lose the only person who makes him feel human. Or he can protect Drew and face Dominic's wrath. In the Casso family, defiance means death. But Cannon realizes some things matter more than survival. Drew is worth risking everything, even if standing up to his father puts a target on his back.
Genres: suspense, crime, thriller, contemporary-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-love, found-family
Setting: City
Audio CD · Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio
Content warnings: violence