A year after escaping Luca, Mara's engagement pulls her straight back to him.
Mara steps onto the auction block to protect her sister and is claimed by Luca, a ruthless mafia boss, surrendering her virginity to keep a dangerous secret buried. She flees in the night and spends twelve months building a quiet life that ends in an engagement — only to learn her groom is Luca's nephew. The reunion yanks her back into the orbit of the man who believes he still owns her.
mafia
romance
forced-proximity
second-chance
What draws you in
Auction sacrifice shields a lethal secret
Escape shattered by fiancé's mafia uncle
Former captor refuses to release his claim
You'll love it if
You crave high-stakes reunions where a hidden past collides with a forced new alliance.
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