She was forced into a cold, loveless marriage to save her greedy family from ruin. Aria Vance expected a transactional life with Xavier Sterling-the cold, ruthless billionaire who barely glanced at her down the aisle. Her father and cruel stepmother viewed her as nothing more than a golden ticket, while Xavier’s manipulative childhood sweetheart, Chloe, plotted endlessly to tear her down. But when a vicious trap set by her stepsister backfires, a drug-hazed night in a pitch-black hotel room binds Aria and Xavier together in a secret neither realizes they share. Left pregnant and surrounded by enemies, Aria must survive her bloodsucker family’s relentless extortion and Chloe’s deadly schemes. As the hidden truth of that fateful night begins to unravel, Xavier must choose between his cold defense mechanisms and the woman carrying his heir.....discovering too late that the wife he neglected was the only destiny worth fighting for.

"Sign the contract, Clara. Become my wife, and I will keep your brother alive. Break my rules, and you’ll find out why they call me the Reaper." To save her terminally ill younger brother, disgraced mafia princess Clara Rossi is forced to make a deal with the devil himself. Dante Vane—the ruthless, cold-blooded don who tore her family’s empire apart—needs a respectable bride to solidify his claim over the city’s syndicate. The arrangement is strictly business: One year of marriage. Perfect obedience in public. Absolutely no falling in love. But moving into Dante’s high-security fortress is like drinking sweet poison. Behind his lethal reputation and frozen exterior lies a man fiercely protective of what is his. As dangerous secrets emerge and rival families threaten to tear them apart, Clara finds herself craving the touch of the husband she is supposed to hate. In a world where vows are written in blood, can a fake marriage survive a very real, deadly devotion?