This is the first unedited chapter for the second book in the BURNT TIES TRILOGY. The first book is now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. Book Blurb for Book 1 (HER VILLAIN) ROMEO GIOVANNI I grew up learning to use force to get anything I want. But never did I imagine that I would have to offer my heart to someone forcibly. She is everything I need. She is armed to the teeth. She isn't scared of me and that unsettles me. Tara Moore makes me feel alive. But when I look at her, my vision is murky. She carries the sins of her father, the man who killed mine. So, how can I accept her as my wife? TARA MOORE All I ever wanted was love. But it was snatched from me. My dreams were burned in front of my eyes. I was sure I would never love again, so I married an enemy, who hated me and my people. He is hatred and violence. He is everything that I never wanted. But I am stuck with him for life, till death do us apart because the crime world knows no other escape. Romeo Giovanni is a destroyer. And the only thing to see now is if he destroys me along with him. But more importantly, will I let him? ._._. They are enemies tied down together as a consequence of a war. Romeo Giovanni never wanted to marry. A family in the crime world was a liability but she was tied to his neck forcibly. He hated her. He hated the treaty. He hated the war. He was out for revenge and love was the last thing on his mind. Tara Moore had always wanted to be loved. She wanted a romance like the ones in the fairytales. She yearned for a man to whisk her away from her life. But she was unlucky when it came to love. She always had been. A war. A peace treaty. A marriage of convenience. The crime world is unforgiving but so is love.