When Cecilia Avola escapes her home in Italy for a new life in the United States, she hopes to never again be involved in the mafia world.
Finding an apartment and a job in Chicago, she lives a quiet life hoping to stay under the radar of anyone who might know who she is.
Constantine Venosa is gradually taking over the family business from his ill father, when the news comes across his desk that he’s got a rival family member in his city.
With ease he tracks down the young woman, and sets into motion a war between the families that’s been brewing for decades.
Can Cecilia trust the very people she’s always been taught to hate? Will Constantine make an example of her, or will he use her as an ally? In this life, men hold the power.
But, it’s the women at their sides that wield it.
