She was sold to save a debt. He married her to secure his empire. Neither expected to fall. Twenty-four-year-old Isabella Romano thought her life couldn't get worse after her brother's murder. She was wrong. When her father's gambling debts spiral out of control, he makes an unthinkable deal with the Salvatore crime family: Isabella's hand in marriage in exchange for his life. Her groom? Dante Salvatore the devastatingly handsome, ruthlessly cold heir to the Salvatore empire. The man who gave the order that killed her brother two years ago. Forced into a marriage she never wanted with a man she should hate, Isabella vows revenge. She'll smile at the wedding. She'll play the dutiful wife. She'll get close to Dante and his world. And when the time is right, she'll make him suffer the way she's suffered. But Dante is not what she expected. Yes, he's dangerous a man capable of breathtaking violence when threatened. But he's also complicated, guarding secrets and scars beneath his impenetrable armor. As Isabella navigates the treacherous world of mafia politics, dodges assassination attempts, and faces enemies on all sides, she begins to see another side of the man she married. The way he protects her, even when she doesn't want his protection. The vulnerability he shows only in the dark. The truth about her brother's death that's far more complex than she ever imagined. Caught between her thirst for vengeance and the dangerous attraction growing between them, Isabella must decide: Can she destroy the man who's starting to own her heart? Or will she risk everything her safety, her sanity, her very soul for a love that shouldn't exist? In a world built on blood, bullets, and broken promises, some vows are meant to be kept. Others are meant to be shattered.