Book excerpt: A man with big ambitions trying to stand out. A woman living in New York, trying to blend in. A romantic recipe for disaster. Ian McLeod has waited and planned for the moment he took over the Family after his father’s death. Stepping over his grave and onto a path, which may lead him to more than expanding the Family holdings. What happens when a business meeting to purchase a coffee shop turns into an encounter with a beautiful girl and a ruined shirt? Can he show her the beauty in his dark world or will the one person he trusts kill his chance at happiness? Heather Murray has a deep admiration for men involved with the Mafia. Knowing her romantic ideations for the organization can have disastrous consequences, she chooses to follow her heart and the man who has captured it, into the unknown. What happens when meeting the family turns into a dose of reality, complete with a reminder of how she will never fit in? Secret Atonement is the fifth book in bestselling author, Cayce Poponea’s, Code of Silence Series. If you enjoy suspense-filled Mafia romance, then you will love this book. Join Cayce as she leads you on a journey filled with alpha men who know what they want and have no issue taking it. Secret Atonement’s passion filled pages, with twists and turns you never saw coming, will leave you breathless and craving more.