Ayana and Novella Lachlan are identical twin sisters, living in Italy with their mother and military stepfather. Having never been separated, they're forced to make the choice of either staying together or going their separate ways when their mother decides to return to the United States. Ayana, having met the Italian man of her dreams - who happens to be the same carabiniere she'd accidentally assaulted outside of a night club, can't bear the idea of leaving him and chooses to remain in Italy. Novella, thinking neither of them should stay without their mother, chooses to go to Miami. Ayana warns her not to go. Paladio Hijuelos has just been released from a South American prison, where he was brutally tortured for three agonizing years. Faithfully returning to his boss in Miami, there's no mistaking that he's still the most sadistic man that most have ever met, with no regard for anyone or anything. That is, until he's introduced to the young and breathtaking Novella. Unable to control his newfound obsession for her, he begins turning her entire world upside down, leaving no doubt in her mind that she now belongs to him, and him alone. Vincenzo Saletti has dedicated his entire life to serving his beloved father, who happens to be the head of the most powerful and feared criminal family in all of Europe. Loyal to the death to those he loves, the moment that he learns that his baby brother is missing - last seen with an American girl, he doesn't hesitate to go in search of him. Needing to find answers about his disappearance, what he finds is a tragedy, and the young girl caught up in it. Will his family give the order to end her life, or will the beating of an innocent heart be reason enough to spare her?

Severiano Tarussio, who'd been banished from the country of his birth for too many years, finally returns home to Italy with only one thing on his mind - vengeance. Knowing he needs approval from the head of the Lombardo family before he can act upon his desire, he knows that if he can get it, retribution against the Saletti family would be, oh, so sweet. Fiora Ducani, the new head of the Lombardo family, is thrilled to the bone by the return of Vicente Tarussio's handsome grandson, even if it had been without her permission. She'd missed the arrogant man who'd always had a way with the ladies, but now he's put her in a tight spot with the very man who'd ordered his banishment years before. Rocco Lombardo, the retired mob boss who'd managed to keep an alliance with the Saletti family for years, now has a growing concern for the recently ascended son of Alessandro, who seems to be spiraling out of control over the little American girl he's been keeping company with. He wants nothing but to keep the peace between the families, but the return of Severiano threatens to destroy it all. Or, will it turn the tables in favor of the Lombardo family, through a scheme that only Severiano can pull off? With the hope for a new family in his future with his beautiful and young bride-to-be, Vincenzo Saletti finds himself confronted by his father's past and the possibility that his lifelong enemy may have a closer connection to him than he'd ever imagined. It's enough to leave him questioning everything about the father he'd known, while giving the woman who holds his heart in the palm of her hand doubts about their own future together. Will it be enough to destroy the love he and Novella have only just begun to know, or will they overcome the sins of the father and strengthen the bond they now share?

With a beautiful new bride and a baby on the way, life finally seems to be falling into place for Vincenzo Saletti. The family he's always wanted is now a reality he's determined to hold onto, by all means necessary. Engaging in a full-fledged war against the man who tried to destroy his future, with the bombing of his Mercedes, Vincenzo utilizes the expertise of the hostile firing squad known as the Ferocious Four. He sends them on a mission, and as they work their way through the ranks of the Lombardo family, they have only one agenda on their minds: Vengeance for the Capo di tutti Capi. But revenge doesn't come without a price. His war with Rocco instigating the involvement of the Adano family, Vincenzo must now contend with the Don of Perugia, and the son who broke the twenty-year old treaty between their families. And while the threat of a secondary war lingers in the air, so do tensions between him and his ambitious Uncle Lucio, who wants nothing more than to seize the business opportunities that will arise with Rocco's fall. Now a happily married woman who's about to become the mother she longs to be, Novella Saletti can't imagine anything more devastating than realizing that the husband who started a family with her has also started a war. His atrocious murders making headlines across the nation, the rising body count leaves her fearing the worst for everyone involved. Will Vincenzo finish what he started before it's too late, or will they all become casualties of war?