BOUND BY HIS BLOODLINE

She was never meant to cross his path.
He was never meant to want her.

When Ariella Cole, a quiet college photographer with a talent for being invisible, accidentally captures a murder on her camera, her world is ripped out of its normal, harmless rhythm. The men in the photo belong to the Valeri Mafia Clan-a family whispered about in fear, power, and blood.

And their heir finds her first.

Luciano Valeri is cold, calculated, and feared. Born into violence, raised by duty, and destined to inherit an empire built on shadows... he never expected a girl who blushes easily to threaten everything he's sworn to protect. But Ariella is the only witness to a crime that could destroy his family.

And instead of killing her, he claims her.

Hidden away in his mansion, Ariella is pulled into a world of danger, luxury, obsession, and twisted loyalty.
Luciano is supposed to be her captor... but he becomes her protector.
He is supposed to terrify her... but he becomes the only man her heart aches for.
He is supposed to ruin her life... but he might be the one person who saves it.

As rivals rise, secrets unravel, and betrayal cuts deeper than bullets, Ariella must decide:

Is she a prisoner of a monster-
or the chosen woman of a man no one dares to love?

One touch is forbidden.
One kiss is deadly.
But with the mafia closing in, destiny binds them tighter than blood.