King of Ashes by Bianca Borell

Vian Giancana
Losing her once ruined me. Losing her a second time would end me.
Staying away has been pure torture – but there is nothing I wouldn’t do to keep her safe, even if it means she never remembers what we were to each other. What we did to each other.
Zara doesn’t remember me. A blessing and a curse – and when she proposes marriage, I don’t hesitate. I’ll take her any way I can get her. In my home, in my bed, in my arms. Mine, even if she doesn’t know it yet.
Our world is bloody. Our love story was never meant to survive it.
But I will burn everything to rewrite our ending.
I’m the king of the underworld. For her, I’m just a man on his knees – obsessed, ruined, desperate to make her fall in love with me again.
Nothing will stop me from keeping her. Not even her.

Zara Monroe
To strengthen my position in the underworld, I need a husband.
I knew choosing Vian Giancana was a mistake. He’s too dangerous. Too consuming. Too much of everything I shouldn’t want – and everything I can’t stop thinking about.
Our marriage of convenience was supposed to be a transaction. Clean. Controlled. Instead, every moment we spend together unravels me a little more. His hands. His eyes on me like I’m already his. Like he’s been waiting.
I’m supposed to be in love with someone else.
But my husband has no interest in sharing me — and god help me, part of me doesn’t want him to.
Then I find out the truth.
Vian lied to me. Not a small lie. The kind that rewrites everything.
In our world, betrayal is paid in blood.
It’s war. And the underworld will burn – starting with my husband.