Synopsis: Dr. Amara Vance was a rising star in London’s elite surgical theatre until a cold blooded frame up for a Senator’s death turned her into a fugitive. Stripped of her license and hunted by the law, Amara thinks her life is over. Then, Dante Moretti comes for her. The billionaire "Shadow King" of Italy isn't looking for a lover; he’s looking for a miracle. Stricken by an untraceable ancient toxin known as Viper’s Breath, Dante is a dying man with a kingdom to protect. He abducts Amara, whisking her away to his high-tech fortress on Lake Como, offering her a devil’s bargain: Heal me, and I will give you the heads of the men who ruined you. As Amara uses her grandfather’s forbidden herbal secrets to battle the poison in Dante's veins, she finds herself drawn to the man behind the monster. But the halls of the Moretti Palazzo are filled with more than just luxury. Between the arrival of a high-society love rival with a deadly secret and a Syndicate willing to burn cities to steal Amara’s research, the "Little Doctor" must decide: Can she heal a heart that was never meant to love? Or will the Ghost of Milan be the last patient she ever loses?