Dove Genovese, daughter of the second in command of the Italian mafia boss, has one sole purpose in life. That's to never dishonor her mafioso father. Marry, bring peace, and money: those are his demands. Meeting those demands comes at a high price, though.
She's betrothed to an abusive man from another notorious Italian family. He's the last person she wants to spend her life with, but there's no way out. Her life is in the gilded, golden cage with strict rules and even harsher punishments.
Gedeon Sokoloff wants revenge. The vindictive Russian mob boss has made it his mission to avenge his mother's brutal murder. There's nothing he wouldn't do to assert his power.
When one of Genovese's henchmen breaches his territory and slaughters one of his men, Gedeon brokers a deal: war or Dove's hand in marriage.
Dove should hate and fear Gedeon, because of his feared reputation. Yet, the infuriating man that enjoys teasing her and making her feel things she never felt before offers her one way to earn her freedom.
Win him in a game of chess.
Will Dove get the freedom she had been longing?
Or will she stay as Gedeon's caged little bird in his games?
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WARNING: Story contains rape, self-harm, suicidal ideation, physical/sexual abuse, violence, mature themes, sexual content, strong language.
Ranks:
#1 in Violence
#1 in Adult-Romance
#10 in Mafia
#95 in Romance out of 1.7 million
#10 in Mafia Romance- 10/11/21
#8 in Italian Mafia - 5/1/22
Verena Di Genova is the daughter of the Italian mafia, coming from a tragic past she had no intentions on playing the damsel in distress, she also swore on her mother's grave to never love or trust easily and she has every right to stay true to her vows but there was one person she didn't account for.
August Alessi.
Read to uncover how Verena deals with her new found emotions of love, arousement and betrayal.
Would she break her vows to be truly happy? Or would she push her lover away in fear of what she felt and break both hearts instead?