Pretty When I Lie

The Rossini Protocol Saga — Book 1

The most dangerous men in Detroit always stood when I entered a room. He didn’t.

That was my first mistake. Noticing.

Julia Rossini has spent her whole life being Vincent’s daughter — learning the rules, reading the room, never letting anyone see her flinch. She knows exactly who she is in her father’s world.

Then Jake Brennan sits at Vincent’s right hand and looks at her like she’s the most interesting problem he’s ever decided not to solve. He’s from Zurich. He’s building something in Detroit. He speaks like information is currency and silence is a weapon. He’s going to be a problem. Julia already knows it.

When Vincent dies and Julia inherits an empire she wasn’t supposed to need yet, Jake is the only one who stays. The only one who sees her — not the heir, not the queen, not Vincent’s daughter. Just her. She should know better. She does know better.

Pretty When I Lie — because the most dangerous thing Julia Rossini ever did wasn’t taking Detroit.

It was trusting someone from Zurich with the truth.