Bound by Honor

Aria Scuderi was born into one of Chicago’s major mafia families, and she’s doing everything she can to find her own place in a world where there’s no choice. Aria was only fifteen when her parents betrothed her to Luca—Tisi—Vitiello, the oldest son of the head of the New York Cosa Nostra family—to ensure peace between the two families.

Now she’s turning eighteen, and that day she’s feared for years is coming: her wedding to Luca.

Aria is afraid to marry a man she barely knows—especially someone like Luca, nicknamed “Tisi” because he crushes a man’s throat with his bare hands. With his good looks, wealth, and predatory charisma that radiates power, Luca may be one of New York’s most desirable men—but the social girls hanging on him don’t know what Aria knows: the “bad boy” image isn’t just a game. Blood and death hide behind Luca’s striking grey eyes and his arrogant smile.

In her world, a beautiful appearance often conceals a monster inside—one that can kill just as easily as it can kiss. The only way to avoid marrying Luca was to run away and leave everything she’d ever known behind—but Aria can’t bear the thought of never seeing her family again. Despite her fear, she decides to marry.

Aria grew up among predators like Luca, and she knows that even most heartless bastards have a heart—and she intends to find her way to Luca’s.