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Marco Bellucci was the great Don of the Italian Mafia. Before taking up his post, he was raised on strict rules of blood and honor. He was a leader who ruled with an iron fist and knew that there was nothing more important than family. His life had always been about the mafia and he knew that every decision had to be made thinking of his own, including marriage.
In plain 21st century, marriages were still contracts, women had no voice and were treated as bargaining chips that favored mafia men. Lais was just eleven years old when she became engaged in an agreement that would bring protection to her family in Portugal and benefit the Italians. She was just a girl when she became the Don's possession. Taken to Italy, she was placed in a convent until she was twenty-one and could marry a man fifteen years her senior and leader of one of the largest criminal organizations in the world.
The promised virgin only knew what was told about her future husband, the worst face of the cruel criminal and, on the way to the wedding, she made the risky decision to run away, to discover that life outside the convent was not at all what she imagined.
When left at the altar by a naive young woman who has no idea what she's doing, Marco has two choices: continue the alliance and find her or start a war.
CAUTION:It is recommended for 18+ due to storyline and situations.
Genre: Romance
Marco Bellucci was the great Don of the Italian Mafia. Before taking up his post, he was raised on strict rules of blood and honor. He was a leader who ruled with an iron fist and knew that there was nothing more important than family. His life had always been about the mafia and he knew that every decision had to be made thinking of his own, including marriage.
In plain 21st century, marriages were still contracts, women had no voice and were treated as bargaining chips that favored mafia men. Lais was just eleven years old when she became engaged in an agreement that would bring protection to her family in Portugal and benefit the Italians. She was just a girl when she became the Don's possession. Taken to Italy, she was placed in a convent until she was twenty-one and could marry a man fifteen years her senior and leader of one of the largest criminal organizations in the world.
The promised virgin only knew what was told about her future husband, the worst face of the cruel criminal and, on the way to the wedding, she made the risky decision to run away, to discover that life outside the convent was not at all what she imagined.
When left at the altar by a naive young woman who has no idea what she's doing, Marco has two choices: continue the alliance and find her or start a war.
CAUTION:It is recommended for 18+ due to storyline and situations.
Genre: Romance
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