Overview

She’s a cunning thief with nothing to lose. She’s a brutal underground boxer with everything on the line. In the back alleys of Five Points, their collision will set the city ablaze.

Rosa Cordero survives by staying three steps ahead—of gangs, the law, and her own bleeding heart. But when she steals a medallion from the wrong mark—a fierce underground champion named Valentina Moretti—she ignites a dangerous obsession.

Valentina wants her medallion back. Rosa wants to know what secrets it's guarding. But in a city boiling with corruption, gang wars, and Tammany Hall’s bloody deals, desire might be the deadliest temptation.

As enemies close in and the stakes explode, a reluctant alliance turns into a smoldering romance forged in fists, blades, and betrayal. But when loyalty clashes with survival, can love survive the firestorm—or will it go down fighting?

For fans of enemies-to-lovers tension, queer historical grit, and slow-burn sapphic heat.