Lila had always been the beloved daughter of her father, a lighthouse of optimism amid their failing environment. But desperation drives Luca De Luca, her father's empire on the edge of collapse, drowning in debt owing to the merciless Mafia Lord, to an unthinkable choice. Offering Lila's hand in marriage to the very man who holds their future in his iron grip, he seeks to save his ailing wife and stop the ultimate financial catastrophe. Lila finds herself living in a golden cage, tethered to a strong opponent who commands equal measure of fear and respect, thrown into a planned marriage with a guy she hates. Luca is a guy whose dark background is whispered about in the shadows, whose present activities may collapse nations, and whose future goals are as dangerous as they are vast—a man whose cold, calculated, and totally uncompromising nature echoes. Their marriage is rife with conflict, resentment, and a fierce anger that might swallow them both. Though Lila is resolved to rebel against Luca's rule, she discovers she has the ability to wipe him out once she reveals the secrets of his dark empire. Lila must choose, though, whether she should reveal Luca and take retribution for the cruelty he has done to her family or can she force herself to fall for the man who has claimed her life as his own as the boundaries separating love from hate blur? Lila must negotiate a perilous road where the cost of love might be her own soul—or the key to her survival—while foes wait in the shadows and betrayal is around every turn. In my exciting story of passion, power, and the narrow line between love and hate—where adversaries might just become lovers—if they can survive the darkness that ties them

Blurb: Celine didn't know how any of this happened. Was this a curse? First of all she is having trouble being mated with anyone and now..now she had brought calamity to her entire pack. By not telling anyone about Zephiel, she let him ruin her life, taking the lives of her entire family. Celine was sure she would never forgive him, how could she? But then, how could she not? It wasn't his fault, he had been cursed. But will this change anything?