Joey (Chicago Ruthless #2)

Everyone sees Joey Moretti as the pampered baby sister of Chicago's most dangerous mafia boss — a girl who's never had to fight for anything. Nobody looks closely enough to see who she really is, except for one person: Maximo DiMarco, her brothers' best friend and the family's most feared enforcer.

Max has been Joey's protector for as long as she can remember, and he's sworn two things to her brothers — keep her safe, and keep his hands off her. The first promise has never been hard to keep. The second gets harder every single year, especially once he's assigned as her personal trainer and finds himself in her orbit constantly.

When the tension between them finally snaps, it's more consuming than either of them expected — and far harder to walk away from. Max insists what he can offer isn't the soft, safe love Joey deserves, but she goes after it anyway. When her brother finds out exactly how far his best friend has crossed the line, Joey has to decide how much she's willing to risk — her family, her place in it, or the one man she's never stopped wanting — to keep him.

Joey is a standalone, brother's-best-friend dark mafia romance featuring a jealous, possessive hero, an age gap, an inexperienced heroine, and a guaranteed HEA — no cheating. It's the second book in the Chicago Ruthless series and can be read as a standalone, though Dante is worth starting with first.

Sadie Kincaid is a bestselling author of dark mafia, billionaire, and paranormal romance, known for writing unapologetically intense alpha heroes who'd burn the world down for the women they love. She loves connecting with readers about her books — and books in general — so don't be shy about saying hello on Facebook or Instagram.

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