Ruthless: A Forced Proximity Dark Mafia Romance

by Christine Besze

They broke me once. Now I’ll break everything to protect her.

For eight years, I’ve lived with the ghosts—silent, screaming, always there. I tried to forget. Tried to move on. But the past doesn’t die—it waits.

Kennedy Donnelly was never part of the plan. The Irish princess. Off-limits. Untouchable. One night with her changed everything, and now she’s caught in the crossfire.

They came for her. They’ll regret it.

Because when they touched her, they woke something in me I’ve spent years trying to bury. Ruthless is what I have to be to save her. To save us. And I won’t stop until the whole damn world knows it.

A dark, intense romantic suspense with forced proximity, forbidden love, and a hero who’ll destroy anyone who threatens what’s his. Read Ruthless now—where vengeance is the only way out.

356 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 9, 2025

About the author

Christine Besze is a writer, reader, mother, and wife. She's fluent in sarcasm and can have entire conversations in movie quotes. Most days she lives in her own world of crazy because the voices inside her head hold some great conversation. When she does have to return to reality and act like an actual grown-up, she spends her time with her handsome hubby Z, their two gorgeous gingers, and their mini-herd of German Shepherds. Born in sunny Southern California, she recently made the big leap with her family to the East Coast and couldn’t be happier. You'll still find her in flip-flops all year round.