Sofia I didn’t know Raphael Amado when he turned up on our doorstep demanding restitution for an old debt. My grandfather knew him well, though, and he quickly conceded. That restitution? Me. Six months later, on my eighteenth birthday, Raphael came to claim me. He stole me from my home, taking me to his Tuscan estate, where from the crumbling chapel to the destroyed vineyard to that dark cellar, the past stalked him like a shadow. Even the walls held secrets here and I’d need to uncover them all to survive. Because taking me was only the beginning of his plan. Raphael Sofia was the sacrifice to pay for her grandfather’s sins. She accused me of being the devil. And she’s right. But the truth was, he betrayed her. And when the time came to promise to love, cherish, and obey she spoke the words that would seal her fate. I do. We have a common enemy, though, my unwilling bride and I. But even the devil protects what’s his. And she’s mine. She just doesn’t yet know how much protecting she needs.

Disgrace: the condition of one fallen from grace. She is my forbidden fruit. The one temptation I cannot resist. The first night… I rescued her from an attack in the seedy underground of New York City. The second night… She told me the first of many lies. She thinks she can keep me out of her world, but she’s in over her head. Watching her, being near her, it gives breath to something dark inside me. Something primal and forbidden. Forbidden to me. Because in six months, I’ll be an ordained priest. And she complicates things. She thinks she’ll become my disgrace. Truth is, my fall had begun the moment I’d laid eyes on her.

I didn’t think I had anything left to lose when I went to him. It was the only way to save what was left of my family. I knew I was taking a chance, knew there would be consequences, but I had no choice. Not if I wanted to save my brother. He warned me to be careful. That my brother wasn’t who I thought he was. I didn’t believe him though. Not until it was too late. And it cost us both everything. Betrayed is the 7500 word prequel to the intensely emotional dark standalone romance, UNHINGED.

She made a deal with the devil and I lost. Two years ago, the girl I protected, the innocent I would have done anything to save, betrayed me. It cost my men their lives. It should have cost me mine. But I survived the ambush. And I made it my mission to find her. I sought her out. Tracked her. Shadowed her every move. I’ve been inside her house. I’ve eaten her food. I’ve stood over her bed and watched her sleep. Now it’s time to reintroduce myself to Eve El-Amin, baby sister of the El-Amin family. Teach her the consequences of her actions. But when the devil rears his ugly head once more and she is in danger, I have no choice but to give her my protection. Because she won’t survive without me. It just might cost us both everything we have left.