Lydia Anthony

In a city carved by loyalty and lies, one love dares to defy the odds.
Nico Valenti thrives in the shadows of Chicago’s mafia, a 29-year-old enforcer who knows the cost of weakness. Enter Luca Moretti, a 25-year-old barman with an innocent glow that Nico can’t resist—a forbidden flame flickering in a world that crushes softness. Their secret romance unfolds in stolen whispers and desperate touches, a lifeline neither expected to find.
But secrets have a price in the Valenti family. When cash disappears and rival families linger at the gates, Nico’s love becomes his weak point. His sister Gia watches too closely, her sharp edges hiding a threat he can’t yet see. A chilling message cuts through the night, promising blood if their bond doesn’t break. Caught between the family he serves and the man he’d die for, Nico’s world teeters on a razor’s edge.
Will their love outlast the storm—or shatter under its weight?

Declan Hartley thought becoming Alpha of the Greyfang Pack at seventeen was the hardest thing he'd ever face, until he caught her scent in the academy's Great Hall and his wolf roared mine. One glance at Vivienne Ashford, and everything he thought he knew about control shattered. The problem? She's human, completely oblivious to the supernatural world hiding in plain sight, and her father is Edmund Ashford the most ruthless werewolf hunter in the British Isles.

Vivienne Ashford has spent her entire life in isolation, tutored privately by a father consumed by hunting what he calls "abominations." When she's finally permitted to attend Blackthorn Academy for her final year, she craves nothing more than normalcy. She never expected to be drawn to the mysterious football captain whose mere presence awakens something feral inside her, or to discover that the recurring nightmares aren't nightmares at all, but suppressed memories clawing their way to the surface.