Bound by Honor: THE BONDS OF DESIRE SERIES

When honor becomes a prison and love becomes a weapon, some bonds can only be forged in fire.

Eighteen-year-old Sofia Marchetti thought her biggest problem was convincing her father to let her attend Northwestern University. She was wrong. In one devastating conversation, her future is decided: an arranged marriage to Dante Romano, the cold and dangerously seductive heir of New York's most powerful crime family.

Dante Romano doesn't need a wife—he needs an alliance. The sheltered princess from Chicago is supposed to be a political asset, a beautiful symbol of unity between two criminal empires. What he doesn't expect is a woman who challenges his control, questions his methods, and ignites a desire that threatens everything he's built.

As bullets fly and bodies fall, Sofia must navigate a world where charity galas hide money laundering operations, where wedding vows are business contracts written in blood, and where the man she's falling for has secrets that could destroy them both. When a vengeful enemy from Dante's past targets Sofia to settle an old score, she'll have to choose between the family that sold her and the husband who might be her salvation.

But in a world where love is the deadliest luxury and trust can get you killed, Sofia is about to discover that some chains are forged by others—while the strongest bonds are chosen by the heart.

Even if that choice might kill you both.