The ink isn’t dry on the contract for my arranged marriage when my first and only love comes back to town. The Pits demand five souls, turning men into monsters. I know this, as it took away my humanity when I was forced to kill my best friend. It wasn't just his life that ended that day but mine, too. I lost not only him, but his sister and my lover—who can never discover the truth of her brother’s death. I swore before I snapped his neck that I would find out who runs the Pits and bring them to their knees. I become an Untouchable, working in the shadows with law enforcement. The punishment for such betrayal is death. I have nothing to lose, though. Nothing, that is, until Carina comes back to town. She left as a girl and returned as a woman, rising beautiful and strong and a mafia queen in her own right. Even as I crave her touch, my secrets are choking me along with the marriage contract I just signed to another woman. But no matter how hard I try to stay away; Carina will always be the inescapable lure. The closer we get, the more danger we are in, until a hit on Carina forces my hand. I have two choices. Stay loyal to my family and let Carina die. Or f\*ck my family’s legacy and save the woman I love.

They say she is a mafia princess. But when Evie O’Hanlon’s precious feet land on Irish soil, I realize everyone is wrong. She’s not a princess but a Queen.A Queen I want to capture, play with, and then kill.You can’t have competition, no matter how pretty the package is. And the package is very f\ucking pretty—so much so that my plan to kill her weakens the closer I get.But my Queen isn’t exactly innocent. She weaves her own dark and dangerous web for me, one she freely admits to.Together, we are gasoline and flame—explosive. When we decide that we’d rather work together than against each other, our allies turn on us, and soon every move we make is marked by danger and death. But every time they hurt us, they push us closer together. So close that we ignite and burn the world around us to the ground.Revenge is sweet. Loving Evie is sweeter.*

She is my prize and my penance…my obsession and possession.I want to shake the hand of the person who gunned down my father. He was a rotten b\stard.It’s just a pity I didn’t get to take his life myself.Now, with my father gone, I am the new Don of the Scarpetta family.A don’s murder requires retribution, though, and when I take my rightful place, the means presents itself.She’s small, innocent, and kept locked away by her brother Cassidy.I’m all about force and brutality, and I like to take what is mine. But even I can’t just snatch the Princess from the head of the Irish mafia.No. I must woo her out of her cage, only to trap her in one of my own.This little bird wants to fly…and for some reason I want to show her all the sky has to offer.Even if it causes war between every mafia family in NYC.*

The Commission has sent Azrael, their deadliest assassins, not knowing that a monster already prowls the streets of New York City. Ivan Romanov. After years of waiting patiently in the shadows, I’ve finally come to claim what is mine. And that prize is Viviana Valachi, the youngest daughter of the Valachi Don. She is timid and obedient, everything her father raised her to be. But there is a fire in those Valachi eyes that is matched only by her brother, whom I hold captive. Azrael is on the move. No place or person is safe, even those I keep in golden cages. We must pay for the sins of our fathers—this is the one lesson we have learned in the Five Families. Angel Valachi has thrown our world into chaos, and I have inherited the duty of restoring order in the only way I know how. Sin pays for sin. Blood must pay for blood. I didn’t expect my pet to work herself into my body, mind, and soul. As much as I want to feast on the spoils and carnage of this war, I can feel the leash she is wrapping around my throat. As much as I want to fight it, I find myself captivated by her guidance. The hunt is on, and none shall sleep for a monster is on the loose. Vows in Violence is the fifth and final installment of the Sons of the Mafia series by Vi Carter and E.R. Whyte. Ivan Romanov is more violent, more sensual, and more determined than any Don we have met before. Readers be wary; he bites.