Property of the Camorra: A Dark Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance

My father sold me to a monster to settle a debt. Now, I belong to the Butcher.LIVIAI was the currency in a transaction I never agreed to. My father, a washed-up Capo with a gambling addiction, ran out of money and luck. When the sharks came circling, he didn't offer them cash. He offered me.I thought I was being sold to traffickers. I thought my life was over. Then he walked in. Viero Calvi. The Butcher of Brooklyn. A man with eyes like shattered glass and a face scarred by violence. He paid the two million dollars without blinking. He signed the contract. He took me home.Now I am a prisoner in his fortress of stone and ice. He tells me I am an asset. He tells me to stay in my room. He treats me with a cold, terrifying indifference that cuts deeper than any blade. But sometimes, when he thinks I'm not looking, I see something else in his gaze. I see a hunger that terrifies me-and a ghost of a promise I don't understand.I should hate him. I should run. But when my father's enemies come for us, Viero is the only thing standing between me and the grave. And I'm starting to realize that the safest place in the world might be in the arms of the monster who owns me.VIEROFifteen years ago, I made a vow to a dying woman. I promised I would keep the wolf from the door. I failed. The wolf was already inside the house. Enrico De Santis isn't a father; he's a disease. When I found out he was selling Livia to the Albanians, I didn't ask for permission. I bought the debt.She thinks she's my prisoner. She thinks I'm the villain of her story. Good. Let her hate me. Hate is safer than the truth. If she knew why I really brought her here, it would break her. If she knew I've been watching her for years, protecting her from the shadows, she would run.I told myself I wouldn't touch her. I told myself she was just a debt to be cleared. But then she looked at me with those hazel eyes, defiant and broken, and the ice around my heart shattered. Now, the city is burning, and the sharks are circling. Let them come. They think they can take her? They think they can touch what is mine? I will paint the streets red before I let them hurt a hair on her head.Property of the Camorra is a standalone Dark Mafia Romance. It features a scarred, possessive anti-hero, a resilient heroine, and high-heat scenes. Expect violence, "touch her and die" energy, and a guaranteed HEA.TROPES & THEMES: - Dark Mafia Romance- Debt Inheritance / Forced Proximity- Scarred / Tortured Hero- Grumpy x Sunshine (The Butcher & The Artist)- "Touch Her And Die" Vibes- Captor/Captive Dynamic- Slow Burn to High Heat- Secret Past Connection- One Bed / Snowed In

Pagina's: 413, Paperback, Independently published