Paid to the Devil

The Devil doesn't forgive debts. He collects them.

Mateo Reyes built Saint out of a dying waterfront church, a mountain of borrowed money, and sheer stubbornness. The nightclub is his kingdom, his family, and the only thing his unreliable father never managed to take from him.

Then his father dies, millions disappear from the accounts of five powerful crime families, and a collector arrives at Saint's door.

Mateo has fourteen days before he loses everything.

Dorian Vale is the most feared financier on the waterfront. They call him the Devil because he never raises his voice, never forgets a number, and never lets anyone out of his ledger.

When Dorian offers Mateo thirty days of protection, generous pay, and a place at his side, Mateo knows better than to trust a gift from a dangerous man.

But Dorian isn't what Mateo expected. He's ruthless with his enemies, devastatingly attentive behind closed doors, and determined never to take what Mateo hasn't freely offered.

Soon their arrangement is anything but business.

As missing money leads to a conspiracy reaching into the heart of Dorian's empire, desire becomes something neither man can control. Mateo refuses to be owned. Dorian has spent his entire life believing that anything worth keeping must be secured.

And loving each other may cost them the one thing neither knows how to surrender.

A high-heat, standalone MM mafia romance featuring an eleven-year age gap, a possessive protector, fierce independence, negotiated power dynamics, dangerous secrets, and a hard-won happily ever after.