Twelve days. Twelve gifts. Twelve warnings wrapped in blood and snow. They dumped me half-naked on a frozen road— a gold bullet around my neck, engraved with the night I failed to save a man’s life.
And the man who killed him… just took me home.
Dane Barrett. Ex-mafia assassin. Scarred. Silent. Lethal. He says I’m bait. I say he’s a monster. But every time he touches me, I forget which one of us is more dangerous.
He keeps me locked away in a cabin of secrets, watching the woods like they whisper my name. But when the first gift arrives— a bloodstained echo of his past sins— I realize we’re both being hunted.
He swears he’ll protect me. I swear I’ll never break. But in his arms, vengeance turns to fire, and the line between hate and hunger burns away.
Twelve days to survive. Twelve nights to fall for the man I should hate.
Author’s A dark, snow-drenched Christmas mafia romance about vengeance, redemption, and the kind of love that bleeds before it heals. No Cliffhanger! HEA Guaranteed!
Sloane didn't think she would survive the car ride let alone being dumped at the sid eof the road in the snow, and to be picked up by the man responsible. Danes a man who doesnt miss even as an ex assassin, but when he brings Sloane back to his cabin he wants to protect her, and when gifts start arriving their pasts collided and now everything hangs in the balance, and temptation never had been so deadly. Well written engaging story well developed characters, steamy desires, dark themes and more.
Dane and Sloane drew me in right from the beginning. He finds her wondering on a mountain road close to hypothermia and takes her home with him but not before he notices a chain around her neck with a bullet that shouldn't exist. This intriguing story is full of surprises and kept me glued to the suspense and budding relationship growing between Dane and Sloane.
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HOT Cover ✔️ Fantastic Enemies to Lovers ✔️✔️ Romance and Storyline is a Page Turner ✔️✔️✔️ Must Read this 5/5 Star book by Ariana. Absolutely YES. I couldn’t get enough of Dane and Sloane. That is why I had this book finished quickly. So, STOP reading whatever it is you have and start reading this book now.
Dane and Sloane are on the run but someone from their past is threatening them. This was a story with complex characters and a heartpounding plot. I liked how rhe town came in to support them. This was a fantastic read.
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