OMG Luca, es fuerte, inteligente y despiadado. Pero desde el primer momento que conoce a Aria la trata gentilmente, lo cual me hizo que me enamorara más de él. El fuerte y cruel mafioso The Vice pero también el lindo esposo, que se la pasa consintiendo y sobreprotegiendo a su esposa. Matteo has been intrigued by Gianna from the moment he met her. Their story has been two books in the making, and their fiery personalities match each other's perfectly. He was completely believable as a mob boss. He was hard and well maybe his own words can explain it here

En los libros anteriores no la soportaba en el de Aria y Luca yo estaba ay SHUT UP Gianna me desesperas casi casi como Kiko del chavo del 8 y aquí dije Dios dame paciencia porque la quiero matar. Y la parte de mafia del libro pues si me dejó insatisfecha me hubiera gustado ver el lado más sádico de Matteo y en cuanto a Lucca me gustó cuando le dijo a Gianna sus verdades que era una perra con Matteo por eso no la tolera. Some romance authors do indeed write way more eloquently and inventively, managing to dish out sensible plots and credible characters, yet most of them waffle too much plunging their readers into a deep slumber. <3 And then there's Cora that writes trashy content that people consistently look down on but whenever a new release comes out, they're the first one to jump on the bandwagon. 🤡 CUTE. So the cheating for me was not the major issue, it was safe sex. Also, speaking a woman who was unable to take the pill due to clots, he was more than selfish in his demands to her. The pill can cause blood clots that can lead to death. I know it's rare but it does Happen. Whenever I stumble upon a main female character of some mafia book boss around people thrice her age and experience, flip off her 'dark, dangerous' mafia ass husband she met a few days ago and magically get away with demonstrating childish acts of defiance in front of big bad guys with nothing to/on her but a big mouth, I get really pissed. Immature, unreasonable, dumb behavior and inability to read the table that get no comeuppance whatsoever thanks to a plot armor shouldn't be confused with acting like a "badass". It's tantamount to congratulating someone on their courage after they poked a tiger in the ribs and remained unscathed because the tiger had been shot with a tranquilizer a few minutes prior.Dante and Valentina's story was a lot more complex and dare I say morbid? The MC's were both previously married but their spouses have since passed away. Dante's wife passed away 4 years ago and Valentina's husband just recently. Now here's where it got angst ridden and frustrating for me. Valentina never loved her husband not as a wife should at least, I won't tell you why but their marriage was certainly one of convenience. Dante married for love, he adored his wife for 12 years until she succumbed to cancer. She was his entire life and he would have probably never married if his father hadn't insisted and the fact that he was beginning to look weak in front of his men, and that was dangerous since he's the reigning boss for the Outfit. another thing I was dying over is there being no plot til 80% (which im fine w) but then at 80% Luca is randomly like 'the bratva are gonna try to get you' and aria's like huh? and i'm like huh? and then 30 pgs later the bratva tries to get her and the story just ends 💀💀💀 Maybe love is a risk, but it’s a risk I’m willing to take and as you said, it’s not a choice. I never thought I would, never thought I could love someone like that but I fell in love with you. I fought it. It’s the first battle I didn’t mind losing." I’ll try to be the best husband I can possibly be, which probably is still much less than you deserve.” The argument that she's popular because her work is easy to consume is so funny to me, too. As if 100% of books in the romance genre are NOT easy to consume and digest.

But to be honest as much as I loved Gianna in the first few books, in this I was a bit annoyed with her. As much as I admire her fiery spirit and bitchy attitude, the way she treated/thought when Mateo got shot made me mad as hell. Maybe you don’t want to admit it, but it excites you to be with someone like me. If a normal guy tells you he’d kill and torture to protect you, he’d be lying, exaggerating at best, but I’m making a promise I can keep.”

These are the top two qualities about him I loved most. How he fought the world for his wife I Loved it about him. I was in awe of him because of that. Gianna is an untamed young woman... She despised the world that she was force to be raised and she wants to escape from this kind of life... She long to be free from everything that she knows... From the first moment, she is drown to Matteo but she's never going to admit it!!! You are far too beautiful and innocent to be married to someone like me, but I’m too much of a selfish bastard to ever let you go. Valentina (23), Aria's cousin. Her mother and Aria's mother were sisters. Her husband Antonio had died six months ago in an altercation with the Russians.

The plot is really interesting as Valentina’s secrets from her former marriage are revealed and she is allowed to work in one of the family owned casinos. She also takes her best friend position to Bibi to the max… go girls! Cora Reilly delivered a well written story about a young girl whose father promises her hand in marriage to Luca Vitiello, the oldest son of the New York Familia. Aria isn’t interested in being married to this handsome, scary, man and has lived an isolated life with her siblings. This arranged marriage will strengthen the bond between the Chicago family and the New York family against the threatening Russian families. Aria Scuderi is chosen and betrothed, at age fifteen to twenty year old mobster, heir and future Capo dei Capi of the Familia, Luca – The Vice – Vitiello. She is sent off to an all-girls school awaiting her impending marriage. Fearful of her husband and of leaving her family, yet bound by honor she marries Luca at age eighteen.I can't begin to stress how cold and aloof Dante could be at times. I think what made him even more closed off to me was the fact that he didn't get a POV, I only saw him from Valentina's eyes. He was perfectly aware of the effect he had on most women and obviously expected me to fawn over him as well. Hell would freeze over before that happened. Sweetheart, you do realize that you could easily be married off to a man who could be a Potential sadist and could be 20 years older than you right? He never disrespected her in public, he gave her space without forcing the issue, but most of all HE DID NOT CHEAT ON HER!