Ruthless By Design (Paperback)

Vael Crowe

ISBN 13: 9798257126567

Published by Independently Published, 2026

About this Item

Paperback. She was sent to destroy him. He was built to see through everyone. Neither of them expected this. Sofia Reyes has one job: get inside the Blackthorn Empire, gather the evidence, and walk away clean. She has done this before. Different city, different crime family, different cover. She is good at this. She was not prepared for Damien Blackthorn. He knows she is lying from the first interview. He hires her anyway. Keeps her close. Watches her with the kind of attention that feels like a hand at her throat, and somehow she cannot decide if she wants to pull away or lean in. Damien Blackthorn did not get to where he is by trusting anyone. He especially does not trust the woman who appeared in his world with a cover story that is almost too clean. Almost. But there is something about Sofia that does not fit the profile of every other person who has tried to infiltrate the Empire. She looks at him like she sees something real. He has not been seen in years. Now the most dangerous thing in his world is not the rival family closing in or the federal investigation he does not know is sitting across from him at his own conference table. The most dangerous thing is what happens when two people built to destroy each other decide, for one unguarded moment, to stop. Perfect for readers who love: dark mafia romance, enemies to lovers romance, morally grey heroes, federal agent heroines, forced proximity, high heat romance, steamy crime romance, obsessive antihero romance, mafia series romance, dark romance books women This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Seller Inventory # 9798257126567

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ruthless By Design (Paperback)
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798257126567
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

She was sent to destroy him. He was built to see through everyone. Neither of them expected this.

Sofia Reyes has one job: get inside the Blackthorn Empire, gather the evidence, and walk away clean. She has done this before. Different city, different crime family, different cover. She is good at this.

She was not prepared for Damien Blackthorn.

He knows she is lying from the first interview. He hires her anyway. Keeps her close. Watches her with the kind of attention that feels like a hand at her throat, and somehow she cannot decide if she wants to pull away or lean in.

Damien Blackthorn did not get to where he is by trusting anyone. He especially does not trust the woman who appeared in his world with a cover story that is almost too clean. Almost. But there is something about Sofia that does not fit the profile of every other person who has tried to infiltrate the Empire. She looks at him like she sees something real. He has not been seen in years.

Now the most dangerous thing in his world is not the rival family closing in or the federal investigation he does not know is sitting across from him at his own conference table. The most dangerous thing is what happens when two people built to destroy each other decide, for one unguarded moment, to stop.

Perfect for readers who love: dark mafia romance, enemies to lovers romance, morally grey heroes, federal agent heroines, forced proximity, high heat romance, steamy crime romance, obsessive antihero romance, mafia series romance, dark romance books women