Bound By Bloodlines

"Some vows are written in blood long before they're spoken at the altar."

Cassandra Ricci has spent her entire life proving she doesn't need anyone.

Feared as the hot-headed princess of the Ricci family, she's infamous for her sharp tongue, explosive temper, and gothic glamour. To the mafia world, she's a spoiled brat with too much money and too much attitude, completely unsuitable to be anyone's wife. Exactly how she wants it.

Salvatore Romano has a reputation of his own.
Cold. Untouchable. Dangerous.

The heir to the Romano empire is known across the underworld by names people whisper instead of say aloud. Years of learning to control the rage burning beneath his calm exterior have made him one of the most respected men in the mafia. Nothing gets under his skin anymore...

Except Cassandra.

They've hated each other for as long as either of them can remember.

So when both families announce that they're to be married to preserve a powerful alliance, it's the one fate neither of them is willing to accept.

Forced to live beneath the same roof, every day becomes another battle of wills. Sarcastic remarks turn into screaming matches, stubbornness becomes a game neither refuses to lose, and old grudges refuse to stay buried.

But somewhere between the fights, the late-night conversations, and the dangerous secrets hidden behind carefully crafted masks, hatred begins to blur into something far more complicated.

Because the calm man everyone fears isn't as unbreakable as he seems.

And the woman everyone calls heartless has spent her whole life hiding one.

As rival families close in and blood threatens to tear their worlds apart, Sal and Cassie must decide whether they're prisoners of a marriage arranged by their families-or willing partners in a future they never expected to choose.

In a world where loyalty is earned in blood and betrayal is paid for in lives, love may be the most dangerous risk of all.