From USA Today Bestselling author Catherine Wiltcher comes the first part to a seductive new mafia romance duet… My Protector. My Ruin. Ella: Edier Grayson is the King of Shadows. A ruthless sinner. A beautiful liar. On the eve of my eighteenth birthday, he kissed my lips and painted the stars in the sky for me, but when I woke the next morning he was gone. Now he paints the streets of New York City red, and his heart is as cold as his promises. Edier: Ella Santiago and I were raised in this cartel life together. I loved a girl with sunshine in her soul, until her father gave me two choices. I walked away to spare Ella my fate. Now she’s the one woman I can’t have, and the only woman I see. Years later, we find ourselves in the same city. I hate her for it. My obsession is too strong... I love her even more for it. But Ella should know that all shadows crave light. This is my world, and I’ll do whatever it takes to have her back in my arms. The newspaper she works for? I bought it. That date she made with a colleague? I crushed it. I protect what’s mine—what’s always been mine—even when she can’t admit it. Even when my enemies are determined to break it.

The thrilling conclusion to the Amazon Top 100 bestselling mafia romance, Rush & Ruin… My obsession. My ruin. In a way, Edier Grayson never saved me that night in the ocean. He never held me close or kissed me back to life. I know this because I’ve been drowning in him ever since. Flooding my lungs with the hope of us while the past drags me down deeper and deeper into his darkness. But his enemy doesn’t play by the rules. He planted a demon's seed and I didn’t feel the poison take effect until it was too late. Now, nothing else matters but survival… Because once you deconstruct the bullets, the corruption, the sinning and the violence, there are really only two constants in our world: Life and death. Living and dying. And the jagged space in between that was meant to be our forever.