The Substitute Bride of the Ruthless Mafia Boss
My love for him.
Dawson’s island, the explosion, the final, terrifying gambit… Taking the title of Don wasn't about power. It was the only shield big enough to protect Valerie, to protect the fragile chance we had. To protect *him*. My father’s deal, the horrifying truth about my adoption, the key burning a hole in our existence… the ghosts of Ace’s past – his father plummeting from a skyscraper, his mother’s assault witnessed by a child locked away, the locked-in syndrome horror… It’s a tapestry woven with trauma and blood. Our dark romance isn't candlelit dinners; it’s shared nightmares, silent understandings in the dead of night, the constant vigilance, the fierce, possessive love that bl