Raised by the mafia. Unbroken. Condemned. Vitelia Condello had no intention of getting married—until Cristiano Rinaldi decided she would become his wife. Cold calculation versus fury and blood.
Toronto, the Italo-Russian mafia, a fake marriage setup, and a pull you can’t hide from. For those who like dangerous unions, strong heroes, and love on the brink of hate.
Vitelia Condello is the heiress of blood and betrayal, left alone too soon with a world of shadows. The Ndrangheta forged her in iron rules, instilling the belief that freedom is taken by force. She didn’t need a fictitious union; she didn’t know how to bow her head and she didn’t ask for mercy. Until, one day, she spilled her first blood.
Cristiano Rinaldi is the embodiment of ice and control—a full-blooded Italian whose power blankets Toronto, turning the city into his personal empire. He noticed her—the wild, dangerous, doomed woman—and decided: she would belong to him. Their marriage became an agreement. A way out. A trap.
But is it possible to tame a storm? Can she accept the cold that burns harder than fire? Or will their world inevitably plunge into an abyss where there’s no trust or mercy—only passion that kills more surely than a bullet?