About This Book

She’s the mayor-to-be’s perfect daughter. He’s the ruthless villain set to ruin her.

I’ve spent my life putting others first. So when my father runs for New York City mayor — on a promise to take down the city’s most notorious crime family — I do what I always do: push my own dreams aside to help him win.

Until I wind up at the wrong party. Trapped in a bedroom with Romolo Ferraro — the dangerous, merciless youngest son of the man my father has sworn to destroy.

He terrifies me. He fascinates me. Six foot four and covered in tattoos, he’s everything I should avoid.

When he starts pursuing me, I know I’m just a pawn in his game. A means to an end. And yet… part of me wants to play along.

I tell myself it’s to protect my father’s campaign. But I’m not thinking about politics when Romolo’s rough hands slide over my skin, teaching me how good it feels to burn.

They say good girls don’t fall for the villain.

But maybe, I’m tired of being good.

Be With Me is book 1 in House of Ferraro, a series of interconnected standalones following the Ferraro brothers, where dark and sensual romance plays out against a backdrop of family secrets and mafia intrigue.

Tropes

Mafia romance
Forbidden romance
Enemies to lovers
Obsessed/possessive hero
Good girl/bad boy
Yearning
He falls first
Mystery & suspense

Content Warnings

Explicit sexual content, violence, on-page SA (flashback, not to the heroine).

Spice Level

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5

Series Context

Be With Me is the first book in the House of Ferraro series, Gabrielle Sands’ newest series following the Ferraro brothers. Each book is an interconnected standalone — a different brother, a different love story — but the family’s secrets and power struggles thread through them all.

Set in the same universe as The Fallen series (2022–2023) and the Fallen God Duet (2024). Characters from the earlier series make appearances, but Be With Me is fully enjoyable on its own. If you want to catch every Easter egg, start with When She Unravels and read in publication order. If you want to dive straight into the newest work, start here.

Up next: Marry Me Not (House of Ferraro #2) — releasing Summer 2026. An arranged marriage, enemies-to-lovers mafia romance following the next Ferraro brother. You can pre-order it here.

For the full series guide, see the complete Gabrielle Sands reading order.

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Be With Me — House of Ferraro #1