

Aria is terrified of marrying a man she hardly knows, especially someone like Luca who got his nickname 'the Vice' for crushing a man's throat with his bare hands. Now with eighteen, the day Aria has been dreading for years is looming dangerously: her wedding to Luca. Aria was only fifteen when her parents betrothed her to Luca - The Vice - Vitiello, the oldest son of the head of the New York Cosa Nostra to ensure peace between the two families. He was a brutal hand of the Las Vegas Camorra.Born into one of the leading Mob families in Chicago, Aria Scuderi struggles to find her own path in a world where no choices are given. His eyes were empty, a mirror to throw back her own fear at her. Both were names he couldn’t possibly have chosen for himself. People called him Growl to his face, and the Bastard behind his back. It didn’t protect her.She didn’t know his real name. He was her punishment, a fate worse than death, a way to deliver the ultimate punishment to her father who had displeased them so greatly.Ĭara has always been the good girl. Thrown at his feet because he was who he was, because they were certain he would break her. And now they’d given him what only a few weeks ago had been out of his reach, someone he wasn’t even allowed to admire from afar, one of their most prized possessions. He was the unwanted bastard son who’d always had to content himself with the leftovers of others. Growl has never had something to himself, never even dared to dream about owning something so precious.
