Caprice I left because I had to, my father was selling me off to the most dangerous man in the world like I was a prized pony. There was already so much taken from me at the hands of my father, and I would allow nothing else to be ripped from me – especially my future. It was simple. I found a new identity. I wasn’t Caprice DiGiovanni, I was Amber, a sweet and sassy southern girl from Alabama. I ran to the last place my father would expect me to go – Ireland. Everything was working out great for me, that is, until Sergei found me. I just never anticipated Liam Mackenzie coming to bat for me. He knew Amber, he never knew Caprice. Now he’s got us both. Liam From the second she walked into my bar and asked for a job I knew she was special. Something about this southern girl caught my eye. It didn’t take me very long to discover that she was hiding something, her awful accent was proof of that. It turns out she was far rarer than I could ever imagine. When her world came crashing down around her, I was the one ready to pick her up. It didn’t matter that she was off limits, or that she was forbidden in every sense of the word. I’d find a way to make her mine, and I did. Caprice DiGiovanni is my forbidden love.

Greer My sister and I have been hidden gems, an ocean away from our father and half-brother since we were a few days old. I've never even met either Mackenzie men, but as sad as it is, it's our life. Sloane and I learned to accept it even though it wasn't the easiest growing up. The two of us have stood side-by-side our entire lives. Now that our careers are starting to take off and we're hitting our mid-twenties . . . I can't live the way I have been for the last twenty-five years. I need a change. I need to be a real Mackenzie, not just a woman with the same last name. While Sloane might not understand, I won't let anything stand in my way - even if she is my twin sister. Aleksandr I've never been fond of the way my father has done his business, but I've had to stand by and watch because of my position. You see, he's the leader of the Russian Bratva and soon it will be mine. On one condition: only if his longest standing enemy is hurt in the most tremendous of ways. My father wants me to kill Greer Mackenzie. It may not seem like a difficult task, but my father has never been the type to make things easy. First, he wants me to fall in love with the girl. All because I chose my step-mother over him. If I don't do as he asks, he'll give the throne to someone just as corrupt as he. I swore I'd never let it happen and I refuse to throw in the towel now. I'll do whatever it takes to end his reign, even if it means killing an innocent woman.

I was held against my will for years, and she thought I was dead. Aleksei Sloane had every right moving on. Valentin faked my death and made everyone believe it. He paid the right people and stole my body. I woke up in a padded room and knew everything was going to change from that point on. He told me Sloane had two babies, taunted me at every opportunity, and told me I'd never see my daughters or the woman I love with all of my being. Until one day it all changed. No one came in to give me food. Suddenly, everyone in the facility was gone and it became a ghost town. In that moment I knew I needed to get out, and by some miracle I was able to. Now I'm on my way to the woman I've never stopped loving, praying I can hold her in my arms once more. I don't know what I thought would happen when I saw her, but it turns out coming back from the dead isn't so easy.