Arranged

Zariah Monroe has a sharp tongue, a locked heart, and a life she built on her own terms. She doesn't believe in fate, bloodlines, or men who think they can buy silence with power. Especially not the cold-eyed Italian who starts appearing everywhere she goes - watching, waiting... claiming.

Matteo Romano isn't interested in love. He's interested in ownership.

Tied by a contract signed before she was born, Zariah becomes the unwilling target of a man who doesn't understand the word "no." A man who thinks her resistance is a game and her rage is foreplay. He's used to women falling at his feet - but she meets him toe-to-toe, fire-for-fire.

She wants freedom.
He wants her.
And he doesn't care how many pieces he has to break to get it.

"I won't be your wife."
"You already are. You just haven't admitted it yet."

This isn't a love story. It's a possession story.
Where the lines between obsession and devotion bleed together, and the most dangerous thing a woman can do... is refuse a man who's never been denied.

"Every time you run, I follow. Every time you fight, I want you more. Don't you get it, cara mia? You were never going to escape."