Three years ago, Eliza Moretti made a choice that almost got Adriano Volante’s cousin killed. Now he’s found her and mercy was never on the table.

She expected punishment. She didn’t expect him.

Adriano doesn’t do soft. He doesn’t do gentle. He takes what he wants and he wants Eliza. What starts as containment becomes something neither of them...

What do you do when your mother tries to force you into marriage with a billionaire creep who’s old enough to be your father?

Well, I chose to run.

Straight into the arms of the billionaire vineyard owner my mother despises.

I only know Nate Harrington as an aloof acquaintance who sometimes attends the same high-society functions I’m required to...

I came to Rome to save my life.
Marrying Gabriele Volante was supposed to be a solution.

He’s not a monster.
He’s worse.

Controlled. Calculated. Untouchable.
A man who never loses control—except when it comes to what’s his.

And now… I’m his.

This isn’t love.
It’s an agreement.

I follow his rules. I wear his ring. I share his bed.
In return, he keeps me...