At seventeen, she spent one carefree afternoon on an Italian beach, unaware that the quiet man watching her was Gabrielle Lombardi — the youngest and most dangerous mafia boss in northern Italy. She forgot the moment. He never did. A year later, he’s tracked her to her university, determined to claim the girl who slipped into his mind and refused to leave… and Gabrielle Lombardi is a man who takes what he wants — one way or another.