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Sold to the highest bidder to pay off a blood feud, I never imagined I would be the pawn in my father's fatal game. Still, here I am before Enzo De Luca, the most vicious mafia leader in the city. Though appealing, he is cold, deliberate, and as lethal. Though my heart races just from his proximity, it is his touch that ignites me. My body betrays me and reacts to him in ways I am powerless over. And I melt as he softly, commandingly says my name.

Enzo loves neither me nor another. In his deadly kingdom, I am only another bargain, another transaction. But every time we are alone, the conflict between us snaps—desire becomes a terrible addiction. Although I detest him for everything he stands for, I yearn for the way he consumes me, body and soul.

He has made it quite evident—our marriage is more about power than love. Still, every angry gaze and every snatched moment in the shadow reveals something different. Benevolent underneath his icy façade lies something broken that appeals to the darkest sides of me. But depending on a man like Enzo may mean losing everything.

Bound to him now, for better or worse, I am caught in a world where loyalty is brittle and treachery carries a bullet. Our friendship gets more perilous the more truths about his empire I find. And as the past calls for us, I have to question myself: will our passion be the thing that ruins us both or can I survive loving a guy like Enzo De Luca?

Burning in his arms is me. But in his universe, I could roast alive.

OWNED BY MR MAFIA

Her body pushed near to mine, and I could feel her breath against my chest. Her heart was pounding, much like mine in the quiet around us. While the outside world had stopped, everything inside of me cried out for our movement.

Her voice scratchy, she muttered, "You're making a mistake, Maxim." The words were like a knife to my chest, but the agony was little compared to the anxiety I could see in her eyes. "This road you are on will ruin us both."

I briefly closed my eyes, but the weight of the moment pressed harder than it had ever done. She made sense. Every feeling in me sought to shield her from the craziness rushing out of control. But when every darkness seemed to be a secret I didn't yet know, how could I keep her safe?

A TWIST IN THE SHADOWS