He’s a creature of black velvet and cold steel. And I’m his new obsession. When my father steals money from three powerful casino bosses, I’m taken captive by the worst of them all: Erick Costa, notorious gangster and vicious criminal with violent tastes and sickening delights. He cuts me a deal. Create forged paintings for him to sell on the black market, and he’ll let me work off my father’s debt. Except that’ll take forever, and in the meantime, I’m stuck at his pleasure. If I don’t do what he says, he’ll dump my body in the desert like all his other victims. Erick Costa’s big, gorgeous, reserved, and intelligent. I want to pretend like I’m not attracted to him, but the man isn’t shy about flaunting his stacked abs and tattoos. Soon it becomes clear there’s no way this arrangement will work. And when he finds the secret paintings I’ve been making of him? He’ll know exactly how I feel, and he’ll never let me go. The next Costa brother gets his story! Hateful Promise is a standalone, full-length novel, with no cheating and no cliffhanger, so dive in and enjoy!