One broke college girl. One botched clinic visit. One baby she never planned — fathered by a man she never should have met. Vanessa Peters sold her eggs to pay off her cheating boyfriend's debt. She thought that was rock bottom. Then she woke up from surgery to find she was pregnant, with the heir to the most feared crime syndicate in the country. Marcello Lavigne is ruthless. He doesn't do love. He does control. He locks her in his mansion, gives her a new identity, and demands she marry him. That's when things get complicated. Because someone wants them both dead, and the only thing standing between Vanessa and a bullet... is the cold-blooded killer who calls her his.