**A Contract. A Funeral. A Revelation.**Olivia My father is dead, but the promises he made remain. We signed a contract—Roman Baranov, Pakhan of the Russian Bratva, will be my husband. Those promises are a tantalizing reality when we finally meet. But I’m wary of claiming it, shadowed by a secret I’m afraid to share. Roman One look and I know. Olivia Vitali is my prize, but I’m the one who’s been claimed. A ray of sunlight, dimmed by grief. She doesn’t belong in my world of blood and power. Her father is gone. Her brother’s enemies circle. But Boston will run red before I let her go. Frost & Funerals is a Prequel Short Story to the Murder Most Mafioso series, a cozy-dark mafia murder mystery. Cozy-dark you ask? This is a High-Heat, Low-Angst romance between mostly rational adults in a mafia murder mystery setting.Series TW/ Violence, death, reference to past SA.