In a world of sinners and saints, she stopped pretending she could tell the difference.
After putting Vasilis Kastellianos behind bars, Nora is back in Boston, buried in bar exam prep, rebuilding the life she nearly lost—a life untouched by the men who almost destroyed her.
But monsters don’t stay buried.
Vasilis is locked away, but his reach isn’t. From inside his cell, he makes it clear that prison was never meant to hold him back.
When his threats close in, Zeno and Nick resurface, pulling Nora back into a world she swore she was done with.
This time, she doesn’t get a choice.
Dragged across the ocean and hidden away in a secluded safehouse, Nora is trapped with the man who already broke her once. And now there's nowhere left to run—from him, or from what she still feels.
Lines blur. Loyalties fracture. And the truth becomes impossible to ignore:
Some choices can’t be undone.
Some men can’t be saved.
And some loves don’t just ruin you—
They own you.
Tropes:
- morally grey antihero
- forced proximity
- dark romance
- possessive hero
- criminal empire
- duet conclusion
This is Book 2 of the Sinner or Saint duet and is not a standalone.