I’ll do anything to keep my family safe, including marrying a vicious mobster I’ve never met. When my stepdad’s questionable career choices put my family in danger, he arranges for me to marry a mob boss’s son in exchange for protection. Gossip about my groom says he’s as icy and reserved as he is vicious and loyal. But marrying Siro Dirosa is not as bloodcurdling as the alternative. At work one evening in the ER, I stitch up the arm of a six-foot-eight, heavily tattooed Roman god. The man is using an alias... and he purposely injured himself to create a cover to talk with me in private—to cut a deal with me. If I help boost his image by publicly faking marital bliss, he’ll reward me with money and autonomy. But the Underboss makes his devotion to the mafia’s traditions and rules clear. He’s not interested in faking his private husbandly duties. I happily agree to his terms. But when a deep secret of Siro’s rears its ugly head, the rules of our game are flipped upside down, and the line between forged and authentic starts to blur. Vicious Secrets is a standalone mafia romance with no cheating or other man/woman drama. It contains multiple open-door spicy scenes and discussion of subject matter that some may find disturbing. The Arranged Devotion series is interconnected but can be read in any order.

Ari Tavano is a ruthless Made Man and almost half my age...and the Boss is arranging our marriage to protect me. Ari's quiet presence has been a constant in my life for the past decade, always jumping in to support my family–mafia and blood–without question. He's never seen me as just a mob wife who's confined by tragedies, royalty, and a treasonous late husband. Or so I thought… The Enforcer's rigid rule-following extends beyond his job and into our marriage. He intends to enforce a passionless union of convenience to shield me–from what? The undercurrent of attraction simmering between us that he's pretending not to notice? I don't want love. But I refuse to be locked in another cold marriage. There are parts of himself that he keeps carefully hidden–even from his best friend, my son. But Ari's determination to avoid temptation suggests he's covering up something far riskier than a decade-long obsession... with me. Ruthless Temptations is a standalone mafia romance with no cheating. It contains discussions of subject matter that some may find disturbing. Please see the note to readers or the author's website for a detailed list of topics. The Arranged Devotion series is interconnected but can be read in any order.