Luca Barresi. The crowned prince of the Mafia's New Orleans empire. The enforcer has a reputation that precedes him - on the streets and in the sheets. Love them or hate them, family is forever. And while the jazz club Piacere may not be perfect, it's the only refuge that pickpocket Emily Clark has known for a long time - until the seedy owner runs afoul of Barresi. By chance, Emily finds herself on the wrong end of Luca's gun during a shakedown gone wrong, and the world she once knew is turned upside down. He spares her life, but at what cost? Emily is about to learn that sometimes death is the easy way out. Can she survive La Famiglia and the demands of her brutally handsome captor - or will the criminal underground of New Orleans' swallow her alive? This is book one of a duet and should be read in order.