Ruthless & Radiant: The Hydes Syndicate #2

Gabrielle Colt has spent her life protected, raised by a powerful mafia father who kept her far from the bloodshed of his empire. A gentle hearted veterinarian with a quiet strength, Gabby never expected to be used as a pawn in a high stakes alliance. But when an arranged marriage is brokered to stop a brewing war, she’s thrust into the arms of a man who has no intention of making her feel welcome.

Lucas Hydes is the Hydes family's second son, a ruthless underboss. To him, marriage is just another transaction. But Gabrielle Colt is nothing like he expected. Sweet, stubborn, and full of sparks, she doesn’t flinch in the face of his coldness. Instead, she challenges him, at the dinner table, in the quiet of their shared home, and within the guarded parts of his heart.

As tension turns to heat, and heat becomes something neither of them can deny, lines blur between duty and desire. But in a world where loyalty is everything and betrayal is fatal, falling in love could cost them both their lives.

Ruthless & Radiant is an arranged-marriage mafia romance with morally grey characters, slow-burning emotional heat, and a heroine who refuses to be underestimated.