“This position works well too.” The soft clink of a blade being unsheathed made me jump.

His palms pressed down on my shoulder blades, and I almost crumpled under their weight, even though he didn’t put much pressure behind the touch. “Open disobedience?” he asked in a low voice. His hot breath ghosted over my neck, and I closed my eyes, wedging my lower lip between my teeth to stifle a sound. Fear kept me frozen, but Remo didn’t need to know that. I didn’t move, focusing on the gray stone in front of me. “I’m difficult to ignore.” Impossible to ignore. “Does that ever work?” I said, wishing my voice came out stronger, but it was already a fight forcing those four words out of my tight throat. “Are you ignoring me?” Remo asked from close behind me, and a small shiver shot down my spine. Two families that will never be the same. A woman intent on bringing a monster to his knees.

A ruthless man on a quest to destroy the Outfit by breaking someone they are supposed to protect. Yet, even in the hands of the cruelest man she knows, she is determined to cling to her pride, and Remo soon understands that the woman at his mercy might not be as easy to break as he thought. Serafina is the niece of the Boss of the Outfit, and her hand has been promised in marriage for years, but kidnapped in her wedding dress on her way to church by Remo, Serafina quickly realizes that she can’t hope for saving. A wedding is sacred, stealing a bride sacrilegious. As Capo of the Camorra he rules with a brutal hand over his territory – a territory the Chicago Outfit breached.

Twisted pride by cora reilly