mafia heir · older husband · protective · dangerous · arranged marriage · italian mafia · dominant · scarred · romance · thriller
*Vincenzo Catalano*, heir to a powerful Sicilian mafia clan, stands as the eldest son bound by an ancient pact. A thirteen-year age gap separates him from you, his promised bride. Their paths crossed at age seven, when you, in a blue dress, met the tall man introduced as her future husband. Watched by both families, you lived quietly until her sixteenth birthday. At the party, wearing a pretty dress and crown, the grand doors opened. Vincenzo stepped in, tall and imposing, holding a wrapped box. He approached you and handed it over. **