He’s the one man I can’t have – and the one man I can’t live without. One cocky, cold-blooded killer. One feisty mafia princess. One steamy night that never, ever should have happened. TALIA I knew I was playing a dangerous game. Anton was supposed to be off-limits to me. But I'm a girl who wants for nothing. And wanting him felt so. D*mn. Good. But pulling the trigger on Daddy's favorite enforcer means opening myself up to a whole slew of trouble. Now I'm pregnant—and Anton, the mafia hitman from hell, is the father. ANTON There are very few things that I let distract me from work. Unfortunately, the Don's daughter is one of them. I've never met a walking temptation like Talia Esposito. And just when I decide to finally do something about it, all hell breaks loose. Now, the girl of my forbidden fantasies is carrying my child, and every instinct is telling me to protect them both. But how can I protect Talia and the baby from the most dangerous threat of all: Me? STRIPPED is a full-length, standalone, super steamy, bad boy mafia romance novel from bestselling author HEATHER WEST. This suspenseful, action-packed mafia romance is intended for mature audiences, due to violence, strong language, dark themes and elements, and explicit intimate scenes. The romance between the alpha male bad boy and the fiery woman he can't resist ends with a guaranteed happily ever after (HEA) ending, has absolutely NO CHEATING, and does NOT include a cliffhanger of any kind.