Genre:
Romantic Suspense
Themes:
Angsty
Arranged Marriage
Fake Relationship / Marriage of Convenience
Forced Proximity / Stranded Together
Ice Queen
One Night to Forever
Opposites Attract
Heat Level:
Medium (sex scenes are included and may use mildly graphic description)
Archetypes:
CEO / Executive
Criminal / Mafia / Prisoner
Geographic Location:
United States: Mid-Atlantic
Setting:
Big City / Urban
Manor House / Estate
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Promised to the Queen
The Connected Series, Book 1
By Barbara Winkes
Attraction wasn’t part of the contract, neither was love.
A new sapphic mafia romance from the author of the Crossing Lines trilogy…
MIA
I can’t believe my parents have agreed to marry me off in order to have their debt to the Morettis paid by the Falcone family. Tying the knot with Alessandra Falcone seems to be the only way—but I can’t do that, can I? This is not the marriage I’ve dreamed of since I was a little girl.
This marriage is all but convenient for me because it comes with strings attached. There’s nothing romantic about it, and the fact that I’ve met Alessandra before makes it all worse.
Because I am attracted to her.
ALESSANDRA
I wish things were different, but I have a responsibility to my family. This includes keeping my siblings in line, and the company going. It means I must go along with my grandfather’s ridiculous idea. The Leonards’ predicament is just convenient. Mia…
She’s dangerous, because every time I’m with her, it’s harder to pretend this is just business.
I can’t be distracted, much as I’m tempted. Lives are on the line, and sometime soon, it could be hers…