Bones

Shantel Tessier

Book 5 of Dark Kingdom

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Dillan "Bones" Reed is a feared enforcer in the Kingdom's criminal underworld who was raised to believe love is a weakness. When his friend Luca asks him to rescue Mia Bianchi, a mafia don's hidden daughter, from being sold at a trafficking auction, Dillan steps in to protect her and ends up becoming her reluctant guardian instead. Forced into close quarters and a fake-relationship cover story, the two fight their growing attraction while Mia's own family plots to use her as a pawn for power. It's a dark, mafia-set romance that blends danger, found family, and a slow-building protector/alpha dynamic.