Queen
Julian Vance never imagined that a single night out with his best friend would shatter his world forever.
As a dedicated medical student at St. Jude Academy, his life revolved around lectures, exams, and a quiet future. But everything changes in an instant outside Club Vespera. One moment, he is looking for a cab; the next, he is forced into a black SUV, drugged, and dragged into the dark belly of the Roman underworld.
When Julian wakes up inside a luxurious, fortified mansion, he comes face-to-face with Lorenzo Rossi—a cold, ruthless Don feared by everyone around him.
There is only one problem.
Julian wasn’t the target Lorenzo ordered his men to kidnap.
He was the wrong boy.
The abduction was a careless mistake made in the dark. But in Lorenzo’s world, a mistake like this cannot simply be undone. Releasing an innocent civilian back onto the streets means exposing a weakness to rival families—enemies who would slaughter Julian just to send a message.
Trapped inside a gilded cage, Julian finds himself caught between dangerous syndicate rivalries and an intense, overwhelming desire. Lorenzo never intended to keep an innocent student in his house, nor did he plan to let a quiet stranger break through his cold exterior. But as threat levels rise outside the estate, Lorenzo grows fiercely protective, refusing to let Julian out of his sight.
The more Lorenzo tries to undo his crew's fatal error, the more he realizes one terrifying truth: bringing Julian Vance into his world may not have been a mistake after all.
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