Brutal Catch

Tessa Vance knows exactly what happens when a man says he'll take care of her. First comes the promise. Then comes the lock. So when she ends up bleeding in the snow with a cartel on her heels, trusting anyone is out of the question.

Then Nico Moretti steps in.

Chicago's star quarterback is polished in public, lethal in private, and suddenly everywhere at once. One press conference. One ring she didn't choose. One fake marriage designed to make her untouchable. To the world, she's the newest obsession of football's golden boy. Behind closed doors, she's living in Nico's penthouse, sleeping under his protection, and learning just how dangerous a possessive man can be when he decides you're his.

Tessa tells herself it's temporary. A clean deal. Survive the threat. Keep hold of the leverage hidden in her coat lining. Get out before his touch starts to feel too much like safety.

But Nico didn't choose her by accident. And the closer the cartel gets, the harder it is to tell which part of him is more terrifying: the monster tearing Chicago apart to keep her alive, or the man who looks at her like he's already won.

Brutal Catch is a dark mafia football romance featuring a morally gray quarterback, fake marriage, forced proximity, secret obsession, touch-her-and-you-die devotion, and explicit open-door heat.