Dominic Dontello rules Cosa Nostra with the kind of presence that makes men fall silent before he speaks, and he protects his empire with a force shaped by loyalty, family, and the history that raised him. Ireland is the one woman who has walked beside him through every fire, not because she was sheltered from the world he built, but because she came from a world far more dangerous than most will ever know. Their marriage holds love that burns deep and fierce, but it also holds secrets that never stayed buried.
When Dominic calls a vote that changes the future of the Syndicate, old loyalties begin to move in the shadows. Families grow uneasy, power shifts, and people they trusted start to reveal intentions that were hidden behind polite smiles and agreements. Ireland watches the field change with the instinct of someone who survived a life she never asked for, and she feels the past she fought to escape turning toward her again.
A threat known only as the Shepherd begins tearing through their alliances with calculated steps, and every move draws Ireland closer to the truth she tried to leave behind. The woman she used to be, the one they once called Black Widow, rises as everything grows colder around her. Dominic wants to protect her, but Ireland knows this fight demands the version of herself she promised she would never return to. Their love becomes both a shield and a target as enemies circle their home with motives that reach far beyond revenge.
As the families fracture, secrets surface that tie Italy, Ireland, the Irish, and Bratva together in ways no one saw coming. Betrayals slip through the cracks, identities unravel, and Ireland’s past begins to light the path toward the one enemy who has watched her since childhood. The truth threatens to break everything they built, but walking away isn’t an option. Ireland won’t run, Dominic won’t bend, and the families will either stand with them or fall around them.
This is a story of a marriage tested by war, a woman reclaiming the parts of herself she and her husband buried to survive, and a man who learns that loving someone like Ireland comes with a cost he’s willing to pay. Step inside a world where loyalty has a body count, family holds both love and danger, and a wife who once walked through the darkest rooms of her past returns to finish what was started long ago.
BOOK 2 OF EMPIRE OF SHADOWS
Dominic Dontello rules Cosa Nostra with the kind of presence that makes men fall silent before he speaks, and he protects his empire with a force shaped by loyalty, family, and the history that raised him. Ireland is the one woman who has walked beside him through every fire, not because she was sheltered from the world he built, but because she came from a world far more dangerous than most will ever know. Their marriage holds love that burns deep and fierce, but it also holds secrets that never stayed buried.
When Dominic calls a vote that changes the future of the Syndicate, old loyalties begin to move in the shadows. Families grow uneasy, power shifts, and people they trusted start to reveal intentions that were hidden behind polite smiles and agreements. Ireland watches the field change with the instinct of someone who survived a life she never asked for, and she feels the past she fought to escape turning toward her again.
A threat known only as the Shepherd begins tearing through their alliances with calculated steps, and every move draws Ireland closer to the truth she tried to leave behind. The woman she used to be, the one they once called Black Widow, rises as everything grows colder around her. Dominic wants to protect her, but Ireland knows this fight demands the version of herself she promised she would never return to. Their love becomes both a shield and a target as enemies circle their home with motives that reach far beyond revenge.
As the families fracture, secrets surface that tie Italy, Ireland, the Irish, and Bratva together in ways no one saw coming. Betrayals slip through the cracks, identities unravel, and Ireland’s past begins to light the path toward the one enemy who has watched her since childhood. The truth threatens to break everything they built, but walking away isn’t an option. Ireland won’t run, Dominic won’t bend, and the families will either stand with them or fall around them.
This is a story of a marriage tested by war, a woman reclaiming the parts of herself she and her husband buried to survive, and a man who learns that loving someone like Ireland comes with a cost he’s willing to pay. Step inside a world where loyalty has a body count, family holds both love and danger, and a wife who once walked through the darkest rooms of her past returns to finish what was started long ago.
BOOK 2 OF EMPIRE OF SHADOWS
