Is Mafia: Runaway Bride A Sequel Or Prequel?

Lucia Moretti was born into the mafia world—where daughters are traded like contracts and love is considered a weakness. She spent her life obeying the rules… until one reckless night in a Manhattan nightclub changes everything. A dangerously handsome stranger kisses her like he already owns her. Cold eyes. Sinful smile. Deadly aura. Lucia knows she should run from him. But she can’t. What she doesn’t know is that the mysterious man is Alessio Romano—the ruthless future head of New York’s most feared mafia family… and her sister’s fiancé. Days before the wedding, Lucia’s pregnant sister disappears, threatening to destroy a billion-dollar alliance between two powerful mafia empires. To prevent a bloody war, Lucia is forced to take her sister’s place and marry the man she can’t stop thinking about. Now trapped in a marriage built on secrets, lies, and dangerous attraction, Lucia is pulled deeper into Alessio’s dark world. A world filled with betrayal. Violence. Deadly enemies. And a husband so possessive he would burn cities to protect what belongs to him. But the closer Lucia gets to Alessio, the more she realizes there’s something far more dangerous than the mafia itself— Falling in love with a man capable of destroying her.

BLURB When my father couldn’t pay his debt to the mafia, my sister was promised to Lucien Moretti, the most feared don in Milan. But on the wedding day, she ran. So my family shoved me into her shoes and sent me to the devil wearing my sister’s wedding gown. Now I’m trapped in a marriage built on lies with a man who terrifies me as much as he obsesses over me, trying to escape and dreading the day he discovers I’m not the woman he was supposed to marry. But how am I supposed to run when Lucien touches me like he’d burn the world for me and his obsession starts feeling dangerously close to love? Girls my age are falling in love, going to parties, and surviving the world. I’m stuck surviving Lucien Moretti. And I am starting to understand that when he finally says my name like he knows the truth… It will be the last thing I ever hear.

On the day of her wedding Miriam thought she was going to marry the man of her dreams, her childhood sweetheart and lover only to find out that he had sold her off to the most dangerous Russian in Las Vegas as his bride. Her parents were in support of the swapped grooms as they wanted their second daughter to marry Miriam's lover instead. Thrown into the hands of an intimidating man, Miriam believed that she would never be loved by him. However, to her surprise, her dangerous Mafia husband is actually a doting man. He sweeps her off her feet, showers her with love and fights against those who come in her way including her family. But then, being the bride of a Don comes with exclusive responsibilities and bold steps to survive in his world of crime and danger.

In the dangerous world of the mafia, loyalty is everything. When Freya Linton is forced into an arranged marriage with Damon Sinclair, the son of another powerful mafia family, she knows that her life will never be the same. As they navigate their new relationship and the dangerous world around them, Freya and Damon must learn to trust each other if they hope to survive. But when betrayal threatens to tear them apart, they must fight for their love and their lives in a world where nothing is as it seems. "The mafia's bride(Freya's choice: Love or Duty)" is a thrilling tale of love, loyalty, and betrayal that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

On the third anniversary of our engagement, my fiancé—Dominic Corleone, heir to one of the most powerful Mafia dynasties in New York—told me he was not ready to form a new family so that our wedding would have to postpone. I told myself to wait for some time, the bond between the Corleones and the Valentinos—our families’ sacred alliance—would hold us together. But what followed were his endless betrayals and tortures. I walked into a bridal boutique and saw him laughing with Liliane, the childhood friend who always lingered too close. I watched him destroy the wedding gown I had spent months designing—then crush my hand beneath his heel until it bled. And when I thought I had hit rock bottom, he proved I was wrong—by getting behind the wheel and running me down. He thought I’d beg and cling to him, terrified of losing the Corleone name and privilege that came with it. But instead, I made one phone call and insisted firmly on canceling the engagement. However, that call didn’t just end a marriage arrangement. It unearthed a secret that had been buried for over a decade…and turned a marriage born of duty into a story of dark devotion.

To save her mother, she had no choice but to make the marriage contract withe the mafia,but didn't expect to fall for him.Remeeting him, he uses all means to get her heart.Is there still anything that he still want from her?