Gilded

In his world, obedience is survival. She was born to defy both.

Gia Mancini has spent her whole life behind a camera, chasing light in a life full of shadows. She has no interest in the old-world codes her family lives by-the loyalty, the silence, the submission. Until the debts come due, and her freedom is the only currency left.

Domenico Rossi didn't earn the name "The Demon" by being gentle. He built his empire on fear and blood, and he rules it with absolute control. He doesn't need a wife. He needs an alliance. What he gets is a woman who refuses to be owned.

Trapped in the opulence of Domenico's Los Angeles penthouse, Gia discovers that gilded bars are still bars-no matter how beautiful the man who holds the key. She fights for every inch of herself: her voice, her art, her autonomy. But Domenico is relentless, and his darkness has a gravity she wasn't prepared for.

As enemies close in and the fragile peace between them ignites into something neither can control, Gia is forced to confront the truth: the man who imprisoned her may be the only one willing to burn his entire world down to protect her.
But in the mafia, love isn't a luxury. It's a weapon. And someone always ends up bleeding.

Gilded is book one of a four-part Los Angeles Underworld dark mafia romance series. It features an age-gap, forced proximity, and an intensely possessive heroes who meets their matches. Dual POV. Guaranteed HEA across the series.

Books 1 & 2 are Gia and Domenico's story, and Book 1 ends on a cliffhanger.