Mafia Bride

Mafia Bride is a trilogy of mafia romances by CD Reiss, built around a lead man darker than most heroes in the genre. The narrator grew up like many girls who dream of a prince, but her future turned out to be a transaction: she is handed over to a powerful man in the mafia world.

That man is Santino DiLustro, whom she calls a king, a monster, and the one who holds the secrets. He forces her into marriage and then keeps her confined. Her tears first fall for a love she believed she would never know, then for a freedom she has lost. Before long, her grief is tangled up with something more dangerous, as she finds herself falling for the devil himself.