When my father is taken captive by a rival Mafia family, my sheltered world shatters around me. Soon, I discover I’m the bargaining chip in this dangerous game; either I give myself up to the cruel, much older rival Don, or lose my only parent. But as I unsuccessfully try to give orders to my father’s men, a masked figure from my past sneaks into my safe house with plans of his own. Torn between fear and fascination, I discover a magnetic pull I cannot resist, only to be drawn into a web of secrets and seduction that blur the lines between ally and enemy. With my trust in the men around me hanging by a thread, I’m desperate enough to try anything to save my father’s life. Including succumbing to the enemy.
Author
Lara used to scribble her fictional characters down on legal pads in high school, and then not show them to anyone. In recent years, she started posting her work in public forums for feedback, which gave her the courage to publish professionally. She needs copious amounts of coffee and chocolate to survive. You’ll find F.R.I.E.N.D.S. references sprinkled throughout her books because it’s her favorite show. She enjoys eavesdropping on the character conversations in her head, which she has been assured doesn’t make her crazy. Unfortunately, she always gets the best ideas while in the shower, driving, or about to fall asleep. Though she’s a Florida girl at heart, Lara currently resides in the Blue Ridge Mountains with her husband of twenty-plus years and their three children, where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age fifteen.
