{"product_id":"bound-by-the-code-adrian-vale-9798181669758","title":"Bound by the Code: A Dark Albanian Mafia Romance of Family Secrets, Blood Debts, and Forbidden Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eMara Dushi came to London to settle her dead father's estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, she finds a debt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA signed agreement. A disputed property. A name her father taught her to fear without ever explaining why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKrasniqi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAres Krasniqi does not need to threaten. He does not need to raise his voice. He carries power quietly, with the certainty of a man used to being obeyed. When Mara walks into his world, he offers her a choice: solve a dangerous legal matter for him, or lose the only thing her father left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the debt is only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe deeper Mara digs, the more she discovers that her father's past is tied to Ares's family, to Tirana, to London, to blood, silence, and an old code that never really died.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAres was meant to collect from her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, he starts protecting her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Mara, who has spent her life keeping every exit clear, begins to understand that some bonds are not traps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome are inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBound by the Code\u003c\/b\u003e is Book One in \u003cb\u003eAlbanian Blood\u003c\/b\u003e, a dark mafia romance series with a powerful heroine, a morally grey Albanian hero, family secrets, old-world loyalty, slow-burn tension, and dangerous emotional stakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debt was settled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe danger is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian Vale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181669758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d","brand":"Adrian Vale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173714927871,"sku":"9798181669758","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bound-by-the-code-adrian-vale-9798181669758","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}