Rachael_vaughn
Caius Thorn, the ruthless and untouchable Italian Don, has built his empire on blood, power, and absolute control. He feels nothing, fears nothing-and he plans to keep it that way.
When he's forced into an arranged marriage with Valeria DeLuca, the only daughter of Matteo DeLuca, a high-profile Spanish businessman, Caius expects nothing more than a contract on paper. A wife in name only.
But Valeria is nothing like the women in his world. Fiery, innocent, and completely unaware of the darkness surrounding her, she has spent her life as an architect, untouched by the criminal empire her father has carefully hidden from her. She doesn't know what lurks in the shadows-and Caius intends to keep it that way.
He has no interest in love. No patience for weakness.
But Valeria? She's a firecracker, a storm he never saw coming.
And for the first time in his life, the cold-hearted Don might just lose control.