Feared Irish mobster. Ruthless survivor. The last man I should trust. Hiding in a quiet Colorado town was supposed to keep me safe. No past. No connections. No looking back. Then a snowstorm traps me with Declan McGregor. Towering. Brooding. The kind of man who looks at you like he already owns you. The kind of man I should avoid at all costs. But Declan isn’t just some reclusive mountain man— He’s the heir to one of the most feared crime families in Chicago. A man with his own past, his own secrets… and an obsession with keeping me safe. Every stolen glance, every forbidden touch pulls me deeper into his world. And when the past I ran from finally catches up with me. Declan vows that no one will take what’s his. Not the men hunting me. Not the empire waiting for him to return. Not even the life growing inside me. Because now that Declan has me in his arms… He has no intention of letting me go.