MARIO by Claire Kirby
I was hired to clean up his empire and reduce his risk.
Then I became the one risk he couldn’t control.
I don’t trust powerful men.
Especially not men like Mario Conti.
Older. Ruthless. Untouchable.
The newly established don of Chicago, with two grown sons, a dead wife no one talks about, and a family name that opens doors most people are smart enough not to walk through.
My job is simple.
Audit his company.
Protect Conti Enterprises.
Keep the wrong people from asking the right questions.
But nothing about Mario is simple.
His business is too controlled.
His family is too careful.
His secrets are too deeply buried.
And the more I push, the closer he pulls me.
Into his office.
Into his home.
Into a relationship as explosive as it is forbidden.
I tell myself I won’t fall for him.
Not for his power.
Not for his restraint.
Not for the way he makes danger feel like desire.
But Mario Conti doesn’t love gently.
He claims.
He protects.
He consumes.
And by the time I realize how dangerous his world really is…
I’m already carrying his baby.
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Author Bio:
Claire Kirby grew up the daughter of professionals who passed on to her their joy of reading. That joy of reading morphed into a joy of writing, and Claire began to produce compelling love stories with raw authenticity.
Her work offers sensuous, steamy portrayals of smart, yet vulnerable, women and heart-breaking alphas with a touch of the bad boy in them.
Claire lives north of Denver with her husband Eugene, their golden retriever Jack, and Jack’s little sidekick, Norma, a Siamese cat.
When she’s not at her desk plotting new stories for her characters, she likes to spend time hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park, or zipping around town on her e-bike.