He promised to release me when my father paid.
My father paid.
He kept me anyway.
Nicolò Ferrante was the boy I trusted before he vanished from my life. Now he’s a ruthless mafia boss, and my father owes him more than money.
So he takes me.
Behind the locked doors of his hillside villa, I’m collateral against the man who destroyed his family. But Nico remembers things he shouldn’t: what frightens me, what makes me smile, who I was before my family taught me to obey. He still has our childhood photograph.
Every glimpse of tenderness makes him harder to hate. Every possessive touch makes it harder to remember that I’m supposed to be planning my escape.
My father wants obedience.
My intended husband wants ownership.
Nico says he wants me to choose him, yet refuses to give me the freedom to do it.
He lives by a strict code, one he’s already broken to keep me.
I used to wonder why he never came back for me.
Now I’m afraid to ask why he won’t let me go.
Perfect for readers who love:
🖤 Mafia x Robin Hood
🖤 Slow Burn
🖤 Kidnapping
🖤 Forced Proximity
🖤 Morally Gray Anti-Hero
🖤 Possessive & Obsessive MMC
🖤 He Falls First
🖤 Childhood Friends to Lovers
🖤 Yearning
🖤 Dual POV
🖤 HEA
For readers who love Michelle Heard, Gabrielle Sands, and J.T. Geissinger.
