He built his empire with blood. He needed a bride to keep it.She only needed his money to save her mother’s life.When Dante Castellano, cold-hearted mafia king and brutal billionaire, is given seven days to marry or lose everything to a rival council, he doesn’t look for love—he looks for a woman who understands one thing: obedience.Sophie Hernandez has lived her life fighting. Rebel-hearted, smart and fiercely independent, she vowed never to bow to any man. But when her mother’s life hangs by a thread, she is forced into a deal with the devil.📜 One year of marriage. No love. No escape.💀 Breaking the rules means consequences. Falling for him means destruction.But what happens when the most feared mafia boss in New York finds himself craving the one woman who isn’t afraid of him?And what happens when she realizes the most dangerous man in the city might be the only one capable of breaking her heart?⚠ In a world ruled by power, blood and revenge… she wasn’t supposed to love him. She wasn’t even supposed to survive him.

When Sophie moves into her mother’s new husband’s house, she wants nothing more than to stay invisible and finish her final year of school quietly.But then she meets him — Dante Rivera.The most popular boy in school.The one every girl wants.The one her classmates worship and fear.And now… her new stepbrother.Sophie tries to stay away.Dante refuses to let her.The moment he sees her, he grabs her waist, pulls her close, stares into her eyes with a fire she’s never seen before and growls one word:“Mate.”Suddenly: • girls at school start attacking her • rumors spread • her new family gets tense • secrets from Sophie’s past begin to surfaceWorst of all… Dante gets more possessive, more protective, more obsessed.He wants her.She fears the chaos.They both try to resist—but forbidden love is stronger.