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Maria
I walked down the aisle in white-ready to marry the mafia prince. I walked out the wife of his father, the king. I trembled when the ruthless monster claimed my innocence.
Now I ache for the touch I was raised to fear.
They said it was for my family. For honor. For survival. That Matteo Davacalli would protect me. But he is cruel. Silent. Distant. Built like a god. Broken like a man.
He looked at me like I was his salvation-a reprieve from his sins, or an escape from the love that still owns his heart.
I told him not to touch me. And he didn't-not until I begged for it, craving the hands of a man who still dreams of her.
But I've seen his hands shake when I cry. I've heard his breath hitch when I whisper his name. His body is fire, seeping into my skin, branding me, making me crave more. And God help me, I do.
But this world doesn't allow happy endings. And I hold a flash drive hiding the one secret he'd do anything to keep me from.
I need to run. With everything I couldn't say. Because the night I finally gave him my body. He gave me something I can never take back.
Matteo
In another life, I would've watched her marry my son. But in this one, I claimed her at the altar as my bride.
Barely twenty-four. Untouched. Trembling in white. My best friend's daughter.
She thinks I forced her. Maybe I did. But it was the only way to keep her alive.
I am a man of control. Of duty. Of chains I locked around myself long ago. Chased by ghosts and love long buried, I shouldn't care. But she ignites something in me no one else could-mercy.
I did something unforgivable. And now I need redemption. I should stay away. But when she looks at me with those wide, tear-soaked eyes-begging for answers, begging for love I was never meant to give-I can't. I won't.
I know wanting her is dangerous. But God help me... I want her more than my next breath. She was the one thing I should've resisted. In the end, I never even tried.
But if she knew what I've done. She wouldn't just hate me. She'd run.
Some oaths are written in blood. Others… in betrayal.
And I killed the only man she ever loved.
But now
I'd bleed to have her heart.
The Kings of Blood and Vows series delivers full-length, high-heat standalone mafia romances featuring ruthless, possessive alpha men, forbidden marriages, age gaps, surprise babies, deadly secrets, and the fierce women who bring them to their knees.
I walked down the aisle in white-ready to marry the mafia prince. I walked out the wife of his father, the king. I trembled when the ruthless monster claimed my innocence.
Now I ache for the touch I was raised to fear.
They said it was for my family. For honor. For survival. That Matteo Davacalli would protect me. But he is cruel. Silent. Distant. Built like a god. Broken like a man.
He looked at me like I was his salvation-a reprieve from his sins, or an escape from the love that still owns his heart.
I told him not to touch me. And he didn't-not until I begged for it, craving the hands of a man who still dreams of her.
But I've seen his hands shake when I cry. I've heard his breath hitch when I whisper his name. His body is fire, seeping into my skin, branding me, making me crave more. And God help me, I do.
But this world doesn't allow happy endings. And I hold a flash drive hiding the one secret he'd do anything to keep me from.
I need to run. With everything I couldn't say. Because the night I finally gave him my body. He gave me something I can never take back.
Matteo
In another life, I would've watched her marry my son. But in this one, I claimed her at the altar as my bride.
Barely twenty-four. Untouched. Trembling in white. My best friend's daughter.
She thinks I forced her. Maybe I did. But it was the only way to keep her alive.
I am a man of control. Of duty. Of chains I locked around myself long ago. Chased by ghosts and love long buried, I shouldn't care. But she ignites something in me no one else could-mercy.
I did something unforgivable. And now I need redemption. I should stay away. But when she looks at me with those wide, tear-soaked eyes-begging for answers, begging for love I was never meant to give-I can't. I won't.
I know wanting her is dangerous. But God help me... I want her more than my next breath. She was the one thing I should've resisted. In the end, I never even tried.
But if she knew what I've done. She wouldn't just hate me. She'd run.
Some oaths are written in blood. Others… in betrayal.
And I killed the only man she ever loved.
But now
I'd bleed to have her heart.
The Kings of Blood and Vows series delivers full-length, high-heat standalone mafia romances featuring ruthless, possessive alpha men, forbidden marriages, age gaps, surprise babies, deadly secrets, and the fierce women who bring them to their knees.
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