A Kidnapping Mafia Romance
It begins with a kiss.
Valentina
In my world, alliances are forged in blood, loyalty is demanded by pain, and love is a fool’s tool.
Craving anything more than that is a dangerous game.
All I have to do is look at what happened to my mother to understand that.
That is why when my father arranges a marriage for me, I’m resigned to my fate.
Then I have a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger at a Gala.
What ignites between us is forbidden, but I can’t deny the pull between us.
We dance with death, both of us knowing the outcome if we’re caught.
But the two of ride this kismet whirlwind of desire and something that feels a lot like love.
Until I discover who he really is: Raith – a man who wields lies like an artist.
I realize there’s no savior coming to rescue me. No knight to slay my dragons.
All I have are bittersweet memories.
And a wedding I’ll do anything to stop.
Raith
I live a dangerous life wreathed in shadows, one where nobody knows my true name, and even fewer know my face.
Though I’m an assassin, I live by my own code.
I have no weaknesses. Nothing to distract me from my true mission.
Until I see Valentina di Maio for the first time.
She is a pure, unbroken spirit in my blood-soaked world. One I know better than to corrupt.
But for a few brief, stolen moments I touch heaven, and she tastes sin.
Then she realizes who I really am – a boogieman in the dark, a nightmare meant to haunt her dreams.
From afar, I watch over her. An unseen shadow that stalks, obsesses, but understands my place in our crime-infested world.
Until the risk of losing her becomes too much for me to bear.
When I realize that I’ll do anything to make her mine, I steal her away.
And now that I have her, I’m never letting her go.
Even if it means war.
Aria Zinn 