The Kiss Thief

When Senator Wolfe Keaton steals Francesca Rossi's first kiss at a masquerade ball, it's not romance—it's a declaration of war.

Francesca's entire future is mapped out: marry Angelo Bandini, secure her family's place within Chicago's most powerful Outfit, and live the life her father designed for her. Then Wolfe appears, armed with her father's darkest secrets and an ultimatum that leaves her no choice. One moment she's an engaged woman with a certain future; the next, she's the reluctant wife of a coldly calculating senator who seems to despise everything she represents.

Set against the glittering, treacherous backdrop of Chicago's political elite and mob underworld, this dark contemporary romance simmers with tension from the very first page. Wolfe is ruthless, controlled, and infuriatingly magnetic. Francesca is fierce, passionate, and absolutely determined to hate him. Neither gets what they bargained for.

But Angelo hasn't disappeared. The love triangle that emerges is as dangerous as it is intoxicating, forcing Francesca to question everything she thought she wanted. Is her loyalty to the life she planned, or to the feelings she never expected?

L.J. Shen masterfully crafts a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers story where power, desire, and betrayal collide in spectacular fashion. Every stolen glance and sharp-tongued exchange crackles with an undeniable chemistry that builds toward an ending readers won't see coming.

Some marriages are arrangements. This one is a reckoning.