Salvatore

I bleed for my empire, the 'Ndrangheta. As its ruthless Don, I clawed my way to the top, crushing any who dared to defy me. Love? That's a weakness I purged long ago, when I first tasted the power of true dominance.

Then she stumbled into my world — Sienna Fiore. With her sharp tongue and defiant spirit, she challenges me in ways no other woman ever has. I should have crushed her beneath my boot, but there's a fire in her eyes that's got me obsessed. Now, she's all I can think about. I want to break her, make her submit to my every twisted desire. She'll learn that in my domain, love is for the weak, and I'm the venom that will consume her.

Sienna

I'm trapped in the devil's web, and there's no escaping Salvatore Marino's cruel, magnetic pull. His raw, masculine presence haunts my every moment, his voracious gaze stripping away my defenses.

Imprisoned in this gilded cage he's built for me, I'm surrounded by the menacing power of his 'Ndrangheta empire. The way he watches me, unforgiving and dripping with venomous intent — it's as if he's trying to devour my very soul. Our connection is a battlefield of lust and rage, a toxic collision that threatens to be my undoing.

I know I should fight him, run before he destroys me. But part of me wants to let him consume me, to give in to the darkness that calls out to be claimed. Because in Salvatore's world, love is weakness, and I'm terrified I'm becoming his willing prey.

This is the first book of the Venom in Our Bloods Series. Reading order: The Taste of His Venom, The Mark of His Venom, The Burn of His Venom

Alessa Steel