KING OF ASHES

Sophia Bennett never imagined that a routine architectural inspection would become the worst mistake of her life.

While surveying the underground foundation of Chicago's newest luxury hotel, she discovers a hidden network of tunnels—an elaborate fortress used by one of the most powerful mafia empires in America. Before she can report what she has seen, she is abducted by Adrian Volkov, the cold, calculating heir whose name is spoken only in whispers throughout the criminal underworld.

Sophia expects torture.

Instead, she is offered a deal.

Stay alive.

Stay silent.

And help Adrian uncover the traitor hiding inside his own empire.

As rival families prepare for a bloody war that could consume the entire city, Sophia begins to see the man beneath the monster. Adrian is ruthless, feared, and capable of terrible violence, yet every decision he makes is driven by one impossible goal—ending the cycle of bloodshed that has destroyed generations of his family.

But someone has been manipulating both sides for decades.

Every betrayal.

Every assassination.

Every war.

Everything leads back to a secret organization determined to seize control of every major crime family in America.

Now Sophia and Adrian must survive a conspiracy far larger than either of them imagined.

The deeper Sophia falls into Adrian's world, the harder it becomes to remember why she ever feared him.

Because the most dangerous prison isn't built from concrete.

It's built from love.