RUTHLESS DEVOTION: HIS INNOCENT CAPTIVEMy brother made a terrible mistake, and somehow, I became the price he had to pay.Dante Vitale is a man nobody dares to cross. He is rich, powerful, ruthless, and the feared head of one of New York's most dangerous mafia families. When my brother steals five million dollars from him and disappears, I become his only way of collecting what he is owed.I never expected him to come looking for me.One night, my peaceful life comes to an end when his men break into my apartment and drag me away to his heavily guarded mansion in the mountains.Now, I'm trapped in a world I know nothing about, living under the same roof as a man who believes he can control everything and everyone.Dante makes it clear that I have no choice but to obey him. But I refuse to let him break me, even when his cold stares and intimidating presence make it difficult to remember the life I had before him.Things become worse when I realize that I'm not the only one who wants me gone. His mother hates my presence, his former fiancée sees me as a threat, and his enemies are beginning to realize that I might be the perfect way to get to him.I should hate Dante. I should want nothing more than to escape his mansion and never see him again. But the more time I spend around him, the more I discover that there is more to him than the ruthless man everyone fears.Then a dangerous family rivalry turns my captivity into something much bigger than I ever imagined.When the man who took me away becomes the man whose life is in danger, I find myself facing a decision I never thought I would have to make.I came into his life because of my brother's debt. I was supposed to be nothing more than collateral.But what happens when the ruthless mafia king begins to see his innocent captive as the one person he cannot afford to lose?And what happens when I realize that escaping Dante Vitale might be easier than escaping the feelings growing between us?