Like Father, Like Son

She was traded to settle a debt. He is the one man she must never want.
Lucia Santoro knows what it means to survive-working herself to the bone to hold her broken family together, until one reckless mistake binds her to a powerful dynasty that doesn't forgive, forget, or let go. Thrust into a marriage she never chose, Lucia learns quickly that wealth can be just another kind of cage... and that desire is far more dangerous than fear.
Salvatore Caruso rules his world with discipline, control, and an iron grip on his emotions. A widower haunted by the past, he has buried longing as deeply as the bodies beneath his empire. But when Lucia enters his life, everything he's sworn to protect-his legacy, his authority, his restraint-begins to fracture. Their connection is instant, illicit, and impossible to ignore... and every stolen glance risks igniting a war neither of them can survive.
As tension simmers and boundaries blur, Lucia and Salvatore are pulled toward a truth that could destroy them both. Dark, sensual, and emotionally charged, this is a forbidden love story where desire is dangerous, choices are costly, and wanting the wrong person might be the most devastating risk of all.