He saw me and demanded I be his. The thing was, he couldn't know I was running away from a monster. I was never mine to be his. Ahana I was Indian. He was Italian. He was the don, and smoke and fire his destiny. I was just a girl, a nobody in the world of men. He saw me as a riddle he couldn't solve. An enigma his inferno couldn't burn. To him, demanding my surrender was his right. To me, the truth was mine to conceal. My dark burdens were mine to resolve, not his to destroy. Even if it meant sacrificing my heart to walk the righteous path I was bound to. Vitale She was made to be mine. I didn't have to touch her to know she would fit me like a glove. It didn't matter that she wasn't right for me or that she came to me consumed by secrets. I'd seek them all out to have her be mine. Even if it meant defying the archaic traditions I was bound to. Will Vitale find her secrets in time? Will Ahana choose the life she was born into or the one her heart craves? Runaway in the Mafia, the standalone third book in The Shadows of Cosa Nostra Chronicles, is a Mafia, forbidden love, enemies to lovers, interracial romance featuring an obsessed, possessive don and a selfless Indian runaway girl. While this spicy, dark mafia romance promises a HEA, readers may find some themes concerning. Use the preview feature for details.