Secrets by Lee Jacquot

What happens when you fall in love with the woman you were supposed to kill?
Noxus City is full of criminals, and Elena Baudelaire is one of them.

She parades as a florist, free from prying eyes who assume her to be nothing more than a local shop owner, while in truth, she’s responsible for over half the bodies at the bottom of the Savannah River.
Judge, juror and executioner, Elena lays waste to all those she sees fit, but even she isn’t untouchable. Bound to the city’s crime boss, she has no choice but to carry out his bidding, though his latest task comes with a reward. This target should prove easy as it means her freedom.
That is until she meets her.
The one who she was only meant to kill.
Noxus City is full of innocent faces, and Jessica Frances is one of them.

Born into a family full of love and joy, she wears her heart on her sleeve and carries a smile on her face. But like any tragedy, her spirit is stolen then shattered by the hands of a man who never cared enough to learn her name, and in that moment, a need for revenge bloomed.
Over the course of the next few years, the federal agent’s devotion to catching the mob boss consumes her, corrupting her in ways that no one could save her from.
That is until she meets her.

The one who was only meant to kill her.
Two vines stemming from the same ivy, though one reaches up, searching for the sun that’s been kept just out of reach, while the other intends to stop it from happening at all costs.
To reveal their secret vulnerability would mean losing it all.
But with everything to gain, it just may be worth it.