QBLURB Bound by Blood: The Mafia’s Vengeance Serena Valente was raised on lies and stolen by the man out to destroy her family. Dragged into Villa Oscura, Adrian Moretti’s cliff-side fortress, she faces a truth more brutal than captivity: Her own father once tried to kill her. The cold-blooded mafia boss who took her may be the only one keeping her alive. Adrian kidnapped her to punish her father and avenge his sister’s murder. He vows to break her. But Serena’s father will burn everything to keep his power, and he is ready to kill them both to protect his throne. When war erupts around them, Serena must choose: kill the man who caged her, or fight beside him. Their war becomes their bond. Their desire becomes their undoing. Survival means rewriting every rule she’s ever known, starting with the monster who now holds her life. And with Lucia, Adrian’s deadly best friend, who loves him and wants Serena gone. Adrian wants control. Serena wants freedom. But every fight ends in fire-hot kisses. From locked doors to shared thrones, enemies turn to lovers. He teaches her to shoot. She teaches him to beg.