<b>From <i>Wall Street Journal</i> bestselling author Parker S. Huntington comes a steamy, slow-burn love story with forbidden romance and enemies-to-lovers banter.</b> <br> <br><b><i>…and so the cruel prince fell in love with the liar.</I></b> <br> <br>Bastiano Romano. <br>Cruel monster. <br>Secretive mafia prince. <br>And my new boss. <br> <br>My first day at work, he humiliates me in front of the staff. <br>My second day, he leaves me craving his touch. <br>My third day? I don’t think I’ll make it that far. <br> <br>I’ve been sent to discover his secrets. <br>But I have secrets of my own. <br>And he’s determined to unravel them. <br> <br><b><i>Bastiano Romano</i> is a 110,000-word standalone novel in The Five Syndicates mafia romance series.</b>