Ruthless Ruin

A five-million-dollar debt. A father's ultimate betrayal. A devil who demands a queen.

Serafina Bianchi was raised to be the perfect, silent ornament in the crumbling Chicago underworld. But when her father's reckless embezzling threatens to bring down their family's empire, he pays his insurmountable debt with the only currency he has left: her.

Handed over as a blood sacrifice to settle the score, Serafina is thrust into the hands of Enzo Morretti. He is the ruthless underboss of the Chicago syndicate, a lethal predator known as the devil of the city. Enzo doesn't want a terrified hostage to hide in a cage; he demands a blood-bound bride to secure his throne.

Trapped in a fortress surrounded by heavily armed guards and syndicates hungry for power, Serafina expects a life of cold torment. Instead, she finds an all-consuming, terrifying obsession. Enzo's dark devotion and lethal protectiveness awaken a fierce, unyielding power she never knew she possessed.

As rival factions mobilize and the ghosts of her treacherous past move to destroy them, Serafina must make a final choice. She can remain the helpless pawn her father always trained her to be, or she can embrace the beautiful sins of the Morretti empire and rule the city by the devil's side.

Ruthless Ruin is a dark, high-stakes mafia romance featuring an arranged marriage, explosive enemies-to-lovers tension, and a fiercely possessive antihero who will gladly burn the world to ash for his wife.