Loss and Damages

I’ll never be the man she needs me to be . . .

Dominic

I’m the most hated man in the city.

In business with my father, I do his dirty work to make him happy. I never stop, no matter what I have to do or what the consequences are.

Everything changes when late one night my brother dies in a car accident.

Sitting in the corner at his wake, I notice the pretty brunette the second she steps into the room, and I know immediately it’s the woman Leo left behind. I’m instantly obsessed with her big blue eyes, the shape of her mouth, and her elegant figure. I tell myself I’ll stay away out of respect for my brother’s memory, but I can’t.

The more I get to know Jemma, the harder I fall, but she hates how I do business and when her art gallery is vandalized—and it leads back to me—she walks away.

Now I have to choose between my father’s approval and Jemma’s love.

And when I finally learn the truth about how my brother died . . .

I might choose her.

But she’ll never choose me.

Jemma

Dominic Milano scares the hell out of me.

It doesn’t help when he barges into my gallery demanding to know if I’m pregnant with his brother’s baby.

Leo and I didn’t have that kind of relationship. He was an artist, like I am, and we enjoyed countless hours together painting, talking, and going for walks. But he didn’t tell his family about me—or his art—and when he passes away, he leaves behind a secret I’m not sure I can keep.

I didn’t want to be drawn in by Dominic’s dangerous charm and all my instincts tell me to stay away. But the hurt underneath the rough exterior won’t leave me alone.

When my gallery is vandalized and Leo’s paintings are destroyed, all because of Dominic’s latest business deal, I have no choice but to distance myself.

I want him to understand that the choice isn’t between his father’s approval and my love.

He has to choose himself, even if that means living alone.

And after the way he grew up . . . I’m not sure he can.