Rossi Crime Family

She was a shy little virgin, looking to rebel. I was a bad accident waiting to happen. I'm the bad boy your parents warn you about. I've been to prison, killed for someone I love, and now I'm suffering through college. Then I see her ... sweet, so naïve it hurts, and of course beautiful. She's scared of me the moment we lock eyes, but beneath that fear is curiosity. From that moment on I'm consumed with a need to make her mine, to claim her ... but when my past collides with my future, will I risk the chance of going back to prison to protect yet another person I love?

She needed protection from my family ... I needed protection from her heart ... She was my ex-best friend's little sister. Shy, gorgeous as hell, and did I mention completely off-limits? Well, that is until she lands on my doorstep begging me for protection from my brother. She has no idea the kind of world she's walked into, or that I'm no better of a man then the one searching for her. But when she offers me her v-card-the last thing she has in exchange for protection-I can't deny such a tempting offer. She's everything I want, and everything I can never have. When my brother finds out she's under my protection and that I've been hiding her right under his nose, he gives me an ultimatum: marry her, or kill her. And since there's no way in hell I'm going to let her die, I decided to make her mine ... forever.

She was my enemy ... I was her new captor ... She was a tiny little temptress of a woman that made my blood sing for vengeance. I should be punishing her, breaking her from the inside out after finding her in my father's clutches. But when I discover the truth that she is just as much of a victim of my father's wrongdoings as I am, I can't follow through. I know then that I can't break my little mouse. Not after she's lured me in with her big blue doe eyes, strawberry blonde hair, and those pink painted lips that beg to be kissed again and again. I don't think things can get any better, but then she makes me an offer I can't refuse: her body, her virginity, and her complete submission. And she wants only one thing in return: help finding her sister. What she fails to realize is that even after helping her find her sister, I can't just let her go. She knows too much. She's become a liability. But I have a plan to make certain she'll never leave or escape me. A plan that involves filling her womb with my filthy seed until I make certain a piece of myself sticks, a plan that will make her the queen of the Rossi Empire.

She was a tiny little lamb that claimed my heart with one fearful look. I was her captor, the man responsible for breaking her, for preparing her for auction. She was taken, plucked right off the street, and brought to me to be sold at the next auction. Rescuing her from my men was never part of the deal, and neither was bringing her up to my room. Yet, night after night I did this, refusing to give up the way she made me feel. When I'm with her I feel less like a monster. I can remember the man I used to be before the mob got to me, before all the bad tainted my soul. But wanting her is forbidden, and keeping her unthinkable. If they find out what I'm doing they'll kill both of us. And still ... I want to save her. I want to love her. I want to cherish her. When the time comes, will I be able to let her go? Or will I risk both our lives for a love that I may not deserve?

She was a broken angel that had the light beat right out of her. He was the man responsible for her life, her protector ... He never expected to fall for the fragile woman, with soft eyes, and lips that begged to be kissed. He knew what she saw when she looked at him, a ruthless fighter, a man with a broken past, too far gone to be reached, sinking deeper and deeper into the darkness. Still, somehow her light reached him, the innocence inside her called to him and the moment her soul touched his, he was tamed, ensnared in her love. But love comes at a cost, and in this world, you pay with your life. With all the surrounding danger, he doesn't know if he can protect her. Not only from himself, but also from a past that refuses to let go.

They're coming for her, but first, they'll have to go through him. Grace was his first love, his forever, and then he lost her. He'd spent years watching from afar, knowing he could never have her again. The violence, the hate, and pain owned him. It took all the good away. It took her away. The mafia was the only thing that could curb his violent tendencies. Choosing to let her go was the hardest thing in his life, but he wanted her to be happy, safe, protected. Then everything changed. The moment someone tried to hurt her he knew he had to step in. Grace might not have been his, but she would always be under his protection. With his enemies coming for him, he knows they'll do anything, kill anyone to get their revenge, and with Grace being the most important thing to him, he will have to do whatever he can to protect her even if that means bringing her back into his dark and dangerous world. The mafia owns his soul, but she'll always own his heart.