Akira Mwangi never expected to witness death - not on the quiet, flower-scented streets of Nairobi. But when a gunshot tears through the evening air, her world shatters. A man collapses near her stall, blood pooling beneath him. Shaking, she kneels beside the stranger - a foreigner with piercing eyes and a haunting presence.
"Help... me..." he gasps before darkness swallows him whole.
That man is Vincenzo Martini - ruthless, untouchable, and head of one of the world's most feared mafia dynasties. When he wakes in a hospital, his memory is hazy, but one face burns in his mind: the woman who saved him. And Vincenzo Martini always finds what he wants.
When his men finally track Akira down, her life is turned upside down. Torn from the familiar streets of Nairobi, she's thrust into a dangerous world of power, violence, and secrets - a world ruled by Vincenzo's name. But beneath the cold steel of his command lies a man haunted by something deeper - memories of a girl who once saved him as a child. Memories that lead him straight back to her.
As old enemies resurface and alliances crumble, Akira becomes both his weakness and his greatest weapon. Yet love in the mafia world comes with a price - one written in blood. And Vincenzo's fiancée, Clara Cassona, will see that price paid in full.
In a world where loyalty kills and love is forbidden, Vincenzo and Akira must fight not only for survival - but for each other.
Because some bonds are written in destiny.
And some roses only bloom in blood.