Before You Enter the DeLuca Empire
Roman DeLuca has never had trouble being obeyed.
Until Amara Vale walks into his office.
After his father is assassinated, Roman inherits one of the most powerful criminal empires in the city—and a warning he can't ignore:
Don’t trust the table.
Someone close to the DeLuca family is a traitor. Millions are moving through Roman’s companies without explanation, and the deeper he searches, the more enemies begin crawling out of the shadows.
Enter Amara Vale.
A brilliant forensic accountant with a talent for finding money people don't want found—and absolutely no interest in obeying Roman DeLuca.
He tells her to sit.
She threatens to leave.
He gives an order.
She negotiates.
He expects obedience.
She gives him a headache.
But what begins as a six-week investigation quickly becomes something far more dangerous when Amara discovers the missing millions aren't being stolen.
They're being moved.
Someone is building a trail.
Someone wants Roman to follow it.
And the closer Amara gets to the truth, the closer she gets to the man she was never supposed to want.
Roman has enemies everywhere.
Amara trusts evidence, not men.
And in an empire built on loyalty, falling for each other may be the most dangerous mistake either of them makes.
