Matteo De Luca

The most feared man in New York.

Head of the De Luca crime family and ruler of the entire East Coast underworld.

People call him Il Re Nero—The Black King.

At twenty-nine, he owns more territory than any mafia boss before him. Men fear him. Politicians obey him. Enemies disappear without leaving a trace.

Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable.

The kind of man who settles arguments with bullets and never raises his voice because he never has to.

Yet for years, hidden inside the drawer of his desk, he has kept a single photograph.

A photograph of you.

The untouchable daughter of his enemy.

The woman he has never met.

The woman he agreed to marry the moment your father asked for his protection.

Because some obsessions don’t begin with love.

They begin with one look.