Staff Sergeant Felicity Gordon thought she was spending one ordinary night in a Trieste nightclub. Then a Russian crime heiress pulled a gun, Felicity saved Mafia heir Natale Domenico—and the man who shattered her heart years ago introduced her under a name she’d never heard.

Stephanie Romano.

Within hours, Felicity is attached to a covert MARSOC-led operation commanded by Caelan Reid, her childhood sweetheart and the married Marine who betrayed her. Their mission is to infiltrate a ruthless criminal empire trafficking stolen American military weapons through the Adriatic. Her new cover places her at Natale’s side, where a dangerous attraction tests the boundaries between duty, desire, protection, and control.

But Stephanie Romano is more than a fabricated identity.

As Felicity follows the weapons trail, she discovers that her grandmother once carried the Romano name—and that the conspiracy surrounding them began decades before Felicity was born. The government didn’t select her only for her expertise. Someone chose her for her bloodline, turned her family’s buried history into a weapon, and decided her death would be an acceptable price for keeping the truth hidden.

Now the Domenicos want vengeance. The Pechenkos want her silenced. Caelan wants a redemption Felicity may never give him. And Natale must learn that loving her doesn’t mean owning her.

Caught between criminal empires, compromised soldiers, and a government willing to erase its own crimes, Felicity must decide who can be trusted with evidence capable of destroying them all.

They created Stephanie Romano to deceive the world.

They never anticipated what Felicity Gordon would become when she uncovered the truth.