Bonds of Betrayal

Forced to wed: A grieving mafia princess trapped in a deadly alliance… with the one man she swore she could never have. She's my best friend's daughter. Barely twenty-two. Sacred. Forbidden. Mine. She never dreamed she'd wear my ring, share my name, warm my bed... But with her father's blood...

Honor or blood: She's carrying a Calabrese heir. Too bad I'm going to make her a DeLuca bride. She was supposed to be untouchable. My brother's family. Bella's closest friend. Another man's woman. But Elena Santiago isn't the sweet angel she pretends to be. Behind that perfect smile lies a mind...

I wake up in silk sheets that aren't mine. Designer clothes in my size hanging in a gilded cage. And a price tag of fifteen million dollars on my head. Then he walks in—salt and pepper hair, cold Russian accent. But I know those storm-gray eyes anywhere. Dante Moretti. My brother's enforcer. Seventeen years older and completely forbidden.

I was raised as the DeLuca heir. Matteo's daughter. Giuseppe's granddaughter. The girl meant to inherit an empire. One leak and everything burns. Giuseppe is my father. Matteo is my brother. And nineteen years of "I love you, baby girl" turn into nineteen years of deception. The Families smell weakness. They want the "tainted-bloodline heir" to break. Instead, I learn to weaponize the three ghosts in my head: Giuseppe's brutality. Sophia's manipulation. Matteo's strategy. And standing in the center of the chaos is Alessandro Ricci… Thirty-five, forbidden, and the only man who's ever felt real.