I don’t do messy. I don’t do reckless, or feelings, or tattooed ex-operatives with smirks that should be banned in five countries.

But now I’m stuck undercover with Pietro Cucinotta—a walking bad decision with a criminal record, a lethal grin, and a past that smells like gunpowder. I’m ice. He’s all fire.

And when a royal gala spirals into a sting operation, the only way to survive is to pretend we’re lovers.

One bed.

One life-or-death mission.

One night I can’t take back—raw, primal, unforgettable.

But when the lies unravel and my buried past claws its way back to the surface, I’m faced with a choice I never thought I’d make—run from the man who betrayed me…
or risk everything for the one man who sees the fire I’ve spent my life hiding.

He was supposed to keep his hands off me. I was supposed to hate him forever.