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“Even before you were born, we belonged to each other, Vi,” I reminded her, trying to fight the desperation to grab on to her and hold her, because I could feel her slipping away from me more and more with each beat of my heart. “You were in your mom’s belly, but I still felt you in my heart. It was as if there was this invisible cord connecting your heart to mine. I can’t see it, but I feel it. Every damn day. You are mine.” 

I’m a coward. The second-born son of the powerful Vendetti mafia famiglia. Vengeance and fearlessness should run in my blood. They say I’m a liability, an addict, the embarrassment of the famiglia. None of them know the weight I bear, the guilt clawing in my gut for trying to escape it all. I’ll never be underboss, of that I’m certain. Yet, my life changes in a mere moment when I discover I have a daughter. She's someone to live for and protect, an innocent baby depending on me. The nanny comes into my life soon after, testing my resilience.

Lady Rebecca Stanhope thumbs her nose at society dictates in regards to finding a suitable husband by stepping in for her father to deliver a shipment to the Colonies after he’s killed over a gaming debt. When pirates overtake their ship, Rebecca makes a bargain with their captain. There is more to her pirate than she realizes, and she next faces him across a lavish ballroom in Boston instead of the ravaged cabin of her ship. She knows his secret, which leads to a hasty marriage... she refuses to back down from the challenge of taming the pirate and making him hers.

This novella takes place 14 months after the conclusion of Night Moves. Darcy was promised a lavish ball to celebrate her elopement with Easton Matthews once she felt up to it. Darcy has decided she would much prefer a 12-day cruise on the Caribbean, with friends and family as their guests. Even the best laid plans can go awry when you have the G-Men and their women aboard "The Lust Boat"! There will be a surprise visit from someone you would least expect to drop by during this holiday vacay.