Casandra Richards has never been the kind of woman who plays it safe—especially when it comes to her heart.

 

Keeping her distance is a survival skill she learned young, one that’s helped her build a fledgling event-planning business from the ground up. So when a rushed, high-paying wedding lands in her lap—one tied to people she should stay far away from—she takes the risk.

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What she doesn’t expect is that the real danger won’t come from the wedding at all.

 

As Katrina’s best friend, Cas has seen firsthand what loving a powerful man can cost. And last summer, she made a mistake of her own—one that changed everything.

 

She fell for Enzo.

Dario Russo’s quiet, lethal enforcer.

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But after Enzo ended things to protect her, it shattered what little faith she had left in love and confirmed everything she already believed—that love isn’t worth the damage it leaves behind.

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Since then, she hasn’t bothered with other men. At least not until one night, when she leaves one of Katrina’s fundraisers with a stranger who feels harmless. He’s just a one-night escape to forget Enzo, she tells herself.

 

She never sees the danger coming.

 

As the consequences of that night begin to surface, Enzo is pulled back into Cas’s life as her protector—forcing them both to confront what they never truly let go of.

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Because some connections don’t fade.

Some loves refuse to die.

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And when desire collides with danger, walking away may be the most dangerous choice of all.