Luca Vitale

I was forced to marry a monster.   Luca Vitale is the heir to his father's empire. He has a reputation as a dangerous monster who can bring even grown men to their knees. And he is about to become my husband. Our families have been at war with each other for as long as I can remember. I am the daughter of his enemy, and he will do anything to control me, to subjugate me... to break me. When I'm forced to make a deal with the devil himself, the only question left is whether our union will be based on love or violence.

Taking the final step, I stand next to Luca, look at the priest, and refuse to look anywhere else. "Look into the face of your future husband," the priest instructs me. And so I turn... and I look straight into the eyes of the devil himself. I'm so stunned by his brutally handsome face that I forget how to breathe. I don't know what I was expecting... but it wasn't this. He's tall. So tall, in fact, that I have to crane my neck to look up at him. He's wearing a black suit that fits his broad shoulders flawlessly. His snow-white hair is perfectly styled, contrasting sharply with his blood-red eyes, which narrow as I stare at him. His face looks as if it were carved from stone, the line of his chin so strong and trembling under the pressure of his clenched teeth as he stares at me with an impenetrable gaze.