{"product_id":"bound-by-blood-adrian-vale-9798197617057","title":"Bound by Blood: A Dark Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance with Forced Proximity and Dangerous Family Alliances","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe signed the contract to protect her family.\u003cbr\u003eHe signed it to protect his empire.\u003cbr\u003eNeither expected the marriage to become real.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsadora Voss does not believe in sentimental alliances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the legal mind behind one of Europe's most powerful families, she knows exactly what she is being sent to Milan to do: marry Rafaele Cattaneo, secure a dangerous political alliance, and make sure the Voss name survives whatever comes next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contract is clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA public marriage.\u003cbr\u003eA private distance.\u003cbr\u003eA strategic arrangement between two families too powerful to trust each other and too exposed to stand alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRafaele Cattaneo has no illusions about marriage either.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the head of the Cattaneo family, he has spent years managing threats, territory, loyalty, and power without letting anyone close enough to become a weakness. Isadora was supposed to be an alliance on paper, a wife in name, and a woman he could respect from a distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut distance is hard to maintain when the woman in his house sees too much, understands too quickly, and refuses to be managed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs rival families close in, port routes become battlegrounds, and old enemies begin testing the strength of their new alliance, Isadora and Rafaele discover that a contract can become something far more dangerous than either of them planned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA partnership.\u003cbr\u003eA weakness.\u003cbr\u003eA weapon.\u003cbr\u003eA marriage neither of them wants to escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their world, blood builds power.\u003cbr\u003eSilence protects it.\u003cbr\u003eAnd love, once chosen, may be the most dangerous alliance of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBound by Blood is Book One in the Dark Alliance trilogy, a dark arranged marriage mafia romance filled with forced proximity, European crime families, luxury power games, dangerous desire, family loyalty, and a marriage contract that becomes impossible to fake.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian Vale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798197617057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Adrian Vale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173383839999,"sku":"9798197617057","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bound-by-blood-adrian-vale-9798197617057","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}