Loyal to Whom? (Preview)
Jaxon made something out of nothing. His mother chose a used needle over him every night until social services ripped him from the abandoned house he knew as home. He worked his ass off, snatching up scholarships and paying off the rest with a side hustle. He broke into the marketing world and soared up the ladder with quick thinking and ingenuity only learned from having your nose in the dirt. One mistake sent Jaxon plummeting down back into the crab bucket known as unemployment. However, like a true phoenix, he rose again with the help of the Gambino family. Now the boss, Mason Gambino, wants Jaxon to prove his Spartan-level loyalty by putting a bullet between his girlfriend’s eyes. Mason doesn’t know that he just put a hit on his baby girl — his princess — his only daughter.
Mason Gambino took Jason in when he was struggling not to lose everything he scrapped for. The Gambino family has been running the city for decades. When Melody Gambino was born, Mason was standing in line for food stamps and working two jobs. By the time Melanie was five, he was making a name for himself in the streets. Now Melanie is all grown up, and Mason has built an empire.
Jaxon went from bathing in boiled water from a neighbor's house to corporate royalty to unemployed and hungry. Just when he thinks he has it all — success, happiness, and love — it all blows up in his face. It’s time for Jaxon to prove his loyalty to the Gambino family. Mason Gambino’s daughter is wrapped up in Jaxon’s sheets when he orders the hit. Little did he know, he just put a target on his own flesh and blood.
Melanie doesn’t remember the time when her dad was scraping up enough money to pay the bills. She just slowly remembers going from public school and the free lunch program to private school and a driver. With an investment from her loving father, she opens up a luxury women’s boutique on the side of town where Ferarri’s run rampant. She stopped going by Gambino ages ago, so people wouldn’t automatically know who her father was. She inherited her fiery temper from her father, getting into a loud quarrel with one of the furniture movers right outside her store. The two furious adults went back and forth until a man intervened. After shoving the furniture mover against the truck, he spun around to check on Melanie. His name was Jaxon.
Their lives collide in more ways than one. They tangle and intertwine like ear buds in pants’ pockets. With a dangerous storm of secrets brewing, what does Jaxon do now?
Stick around to find out.