Cruel Vice: Dark Mafia Romance

BELLA

I woke up in a white room with a broken leg, a scar in my hair, and a hole where the last days of my life should be.

The man who stole me from my wedding is standing at the foot of the bed.

The last thing I remember, he was holding me like something precious. Now he won't touch me. He won't look me in the eye. He gives orders in a voice like ice and calls it keeping me safe.

The families want me back. There's only one way he can stop them.

Six months under his roof. His rules. His name on my consent.

I sign.

He's cruel. He's careful. He watches me like I might break, and the closer he stands, the more I want him to.

He's hiding something. And my memory is coming back.

PIETRO

I said something to her I can never take back. That night she was lying broken in the road, and when she woke, she'd forgotten it.

God gave me a second chance, and I'm using it to lie to her.

I keep her in my house. I keep her on paper. I keep my hands off her, because if I touch her I'll tell her everything, and then she'll walk out of my life for good.

I'm not cold. I'm terrified.

Every man in this city wants what she is. I'll break every one of them.

But the only thing that can take her from me is the truth.

This is the second book in The Empty Graves Series. Reading order:

Silent Heart.

Cruel Vice.

Sinful Crave.