Blood & Vows

She was never supposed to be his bride.

Dr. Samaira Kapoor has spent years building a life that belongs entirely to her-her career, her apartment, her patients, and a carefully guarded peace she has no intention of surrendering.

Vincenzo Moretti belongs to a very different world.

Powerful. Controlled. Feared.

To Chicago, he is a respected businessman and philanthropist. To those who know better, he is the man people call Il Fantasma-the Ghost, a Mafia Don whose name carries consequences.

They meet once at a charity gala.

A conversation. A little flirting. A private number Samaira never uses.

It should have ended there.

Instead, weeks later, Samaira learns Vincenzo is the man her cousin Anaya is expected to marry.

And when the bride disappears before the wedding, Samaira is asked to take her place.

Hidden beneath a veil, she walks toward a man who believes he is marrying someone else.

By the time Vincenzo discovers the truth, the vows have already been spoken.

Now Samaira is trapped in a marriage she never wanted, Vincenzo has a wife he never chose, and neither of them is prepared for what happens when resentment becomes attraction-and attraction becomes something far more dangerous.

Because in Vincenzo Moretti's world, vows are not easily broken.

And Samaira Kapoor was never meant to become his.

Some vows begin with love. Theirs didn't.