Menace

J.M. Darhower

Book 1 of Scarlet Scars

Menace follows Lorenzo "Scar" Gambini, a scarred and feared New York mafia boss, and Morgan Myers, a guarded young woman hiding secrets of her own behind a scar of a different kind. When a chance encounter pulls them together, an unlikely and dangerous connection sparks between them despite Lorenzo's violent world and Morgan's determination to keep him at arm's length. Told in alternating first-person perspectives, the book mixes dark mafia intrigue, dry humor, and intense chemistry, building toward a cliffhanger that leads directly into the sequel.