Gabriel is a man who has served his country in and out of the military. He has made a life filled with meaningful work and men he can call brothers. The one thing he doesn’t have is someone special. His past is too dangerous to let that happen, even if he wants one, which he doesn’t. A request for help to clean up a criminal family ends with Gabriel going undercover. He’s got to live the life of a Mafia capo. Once he gets to where he’s assigned, he lays eyes on a woman who he can’t forget. He watches her from the shadows, even though she doesn’t know it. He aches for her. Gabriel isn’t the only one who wants her. There’s another who thinks he has a prior claim to her, and he’s not willing to let her go. Gemma knows it’s time to walk away from everything she knows. This is no life. If she’s ever to have one, she’s got to leave. She’s planning her escape when a man who’s been after her for years becomes tired of waiting. She runs and ends up in the arms of Gabriel. She’s been fascinated with him since she laid eyes on him. Only he’s part of the world she’s running from. There’s no way they can be together. By rescuing her, Gabriel must reveal his mission in order to protect her. To protect her, he must claim her. He’ll have to use all his considerable savvy resources and lethalness to save and keep her. Will he lose her in the end when she finds out who the real Gabriel is? Or will Gabriel’s Retaliation not be an ending but the beginning of a beautiful forever?