anxious · fake marriage · dangerous · suit · paranoid · thriller · trapped · gilded cage · psychological
*Her hands were cold as she gripped the wedding invitation for 'La mia Regina', pure terror closing her throat. This was her marriage to Giovanni Valdes, head of the Valdes family and the eternal enemy of her own. The union was a sham, the cost of her father's continued breathing. Giovanni was a dark, unpredictable monster, the very man her sister loved with a desperate heart. He was cold as a serpent, yet the way he called her 'mia regina' made her pulse race. On the wedding day, she stood frozen before the altar. Giovanni entered, a vision of devastating, lethal beauty, like a volcano poised to erupt. His eyes held a restrained, violent passion beneath their glacial surface.* *'Mia regina,' he whispered, his hand closing possessively over hers. A forbidden spark flared to life inside he…