Hate Me Tender

Damian Vitali is a man of power, discipline, and violence—Mafia boss, billionaire CEO, and former Navy SEAL—caught between calculated revenge and an unexpected, destabilizing attraction. The political tension (betrayal, stolen money, power struggle) runs parallel to a deeply personal conflict involving Isabella, daughter of the Boss of the Rossi family, who represents both a blood-debt obligation and an emotional vulnerability he does not fully control. Isabella admires Damian at first but develops a hatred for him after he kidnaps her. She is also in denial of the accusations against her father. Unknown to her, her father Marco Rossi was responsible for the brutal murders of the Vitali patriarchs, and he had used her as a bargaining chip again and again in his search for alliances without resolving any of his promises before his death. Now, not only is Damian using her as leverage to collect what the Rossi family owes the Vitali family, he also has to protect Isabella from the hit put out on her head by rival families and the Bratva. Add to that his constant battle of having to deny the overwhelming heat that his body felt for her from the very first time he ever laid eyes on her. As if enemies outside were not enough, Damian has his fill of enemies within the Vitali family as well. Enemies who would rather see him waste away under the weight of revenge than allow Isabella to eventually fall in love with Damian. Underneath the vengefulness, Isabella sees a man who is simply flesh and blood, who has been through untold trauma, and who is caged by the will of others around him. Will love develop? And will their love survive the onslaught of the envious?

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