He rules Philadelphia's underworld. She just wants to survive Christmas. Neither expects to fall in love.

Dominic Ianucci is a powerful mafia boss, feared by his enemies and betrayed by his own blood. When an ambush leaves him bleeding in the snow, his only chance of survival is a stubborn nurse with a secluded mountain cabin.

Ellie Cirillo left Philadelphia and its violence behind for a quieter life in the Pennsylvania mountains. She's got a job she loves, a dog with an attitude, and absolutely no intention of getting involved with another dangerous man.

Then she finds Dominic half-dead beside her mailbox.

With a blizzard closing the roads and armed men hunting him, Ellie has no choice but to bring the stranger inside. Keeping him alive is one thing. Surviving his sharp tongue, commanding presence, and the way he looks at her across the firelight is another.

Dominic knows he should leave before his enemies find them. But the feisty nurse who stitches his wounds, challenges his orders, and refuses to fear him is getting under his skin in ways no woman ever has.

And the longer they're snowbound together, the harder it becomes to remember why falling for her is the one thing he can't afford.

Because Dominic is hiding a secret.

One that could destroy everything growing between them.

And when his enemies finally come calling, Ellie will discover that the most dangerous thing about loving a mafia boss isn't the men who want him dead.

It's the truth he's been keeping from her.

A steamy, emotionally intense Christmas mafia romance featuring a protective antihero, a strong-willed nurse, forced proximity, snowbound danger, family betrayal, and a hard-won happily ever after.

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