Mafia King's Sinful Protector
(2026)(The seventh book in the Crimson Empire series)
A Story by Jess Winters
He was paid to erase her. Instead, he killed for her.
Ava Russo never runs from danger—until it starts running toward her.
A murder. A missing witness. A file no one should have seen.
Now every shadow looks like a threat. Every phone call feels like goodbye.
Then he appears. Giovanni Costa.
A name whispered in fear.
A man who smells like smoke, sin, and salvation.
He’s supposed to silence her.
Instead, he becomes her only protection.
A safehouse.
A single bed.
One night that turns into need.
She stitches his wound. He teaches her how to shoot.
Between secrets and scars, they fall. Hard.
The Mafia wants her gone.
The law wants her quiet.
But Giovanni would burn both worlds to keep her breathing.
Love shouldn’t feel like war.
But theirs was never meant to be clean.
Step inside Mafia King’s Sinful Protector — where bullets chase hearts, loyalty burns hot, and love is the most dangerous crime of all.
Ava Russo never runs from danger—until it starts running toward her.
A murder. A missing witness. A file no one should have seen.
Now every shadow looks like a threat. Every phone call feels like goodbye.
Then he appears. Giovanni Costa.
A name whispered in fear.
A man who smells like smoke, sin, and salvation.
He’s supposed to silence her.
Instead, he becomes her only protection.
A safehouse.
A single bed.
One night that turns into need.
She stitches his wound. He teaches her how to shoot.
Between secrets and scars, they fall. Hard.
The Mafia wants her gone.
The law wants her quiet.
But Giovanni would burn both worlds to keep her breathing.
Love shouldn’t feel like war.
But theirs was never meant to be clean.
Step inside Mafia King’s Sinful Protector — where bullets chase hearts, loyalty burns hot, and love is the most dangerous crime of all.