Danger waited in the shadows, and murder was only the beginning. Annie Thorne’s life shatters the moment she witnesses a killing in a Manhattan alley, thrusting her into the center of a brewing mafia war. A hidden journal filled with names and buried secrets pulls her even deeper, revealing threats she never knew existed. Nico—quiet, watchful, and a man who’s spent decades hiding in plain sight—steps in to protect her. What starts as obligation shifts into something neither of them can ignore, a pull as dangerous as the enemies closing in. Deception twists through every corner of their world, forcing them to rely on each other even when trust feels impossible. The truth they’re chasing has been stolen, buried, and claimed by the wrong hands for far too long. And someone will kill to keep it that way.