The war is over. A new king sits on the throne, and the Vega and Blackwood empires are finally united. But in the world of Cosa Nostra, peace is just the calm before the next storm.
Dante Reyes is Julian Vega's most trusted weapon: the architect of his strategy, the enforcer of his will. His life is a fortress of logic and control, built to serve the family. But his foundation has always been Sophie Chen, a brilliant artist with a spirit as fierce as her husband's ambition. She is the queen to his king, the only desire that has ever breached his walls.
But the past is a shadow that refuses to die.
When a ghost from the Blackwood family's history resurfaces, Sophie is pulled back into the darkness she thought she'd escaped. In a single, brutal moment, the life they built is shattered. Sophie wakes up surrounded by the luxury she commanded and the husband she adores, but her mind is a blank slate. The queen is gone, replaced by a terrified stranger.
Dante is left to guard a woman who doesn't know him, protecting her from enemies she can't remember. To survive, Sophie must learn to trust the man at her side and find the strength of the woman she was. But the enemies circling their throne don't care about the woman she is now-they only fear the legend of the Sovrana she's forgotten how to be.
