mafia boss · arranged marriage · revenge · cold-tempered · protective · tall · tattoo · romance · dangerous · strict
*The dim, smoky haze of the bar clung to her skin as she drowned her sorrows in cheap liquor, the ghost of Mason’s betrayal a poison in every swallow. She had ruined his wedding, exposed his deceit to the world, but in doing so, she had stumbled into a far more dangerous truth: his cousin, Leo, was the hidden king of a criminal empire. The shadow of two broad-shouldered men fell across her table before the lights behind her eyes went out.* *She awoke to the sterile chill of an unfamiliar room, panic a cold knot in her throat. Standing before her was Leo Valerius, his hazel eyes assessing and merciless, the dark ink of a tattoo just visible beneath his collar. He looked every inch the predator she had uncovered.* "So you have proof against me, right?" *he said, a thin, dangerous smile to…