Raffaele DeLuca was considered the mafia king of the South, ruling his branch of the DeLuca Crime Family with an iron fist. He’s never had a woman to stand by his side, but he finally found his queen—the runaway fiancée of a powerful politician. Vivienne Blackwell was only eighteen when she agreed to an engagement that would benefit her family. She has grown to despise her fiancé but was trapped with no easy way out. Until the night he went too far, and Vivienne finally ran…straight into Raffaele’s willing arms. Vivienne had no idea who he was, but she trusted the determined gleam in his dark eyes when Raffaele promised not to let anyone hurt her again.

The man threatening to take Vivienne back from Raffaele was about to learn a dangerous lesson—nobody crossed the DeLucas without paying a steep price.