Enter Romero – Luca’s most trusted and stoic bodyguard. Silent, lethal, and utterly devoted to his Capo, Romero is assigned to protect Liliana after an assassination attempt on Aria. His orders are clear: keep Liliana safe, but never touch her. She is promised to another man.
| Order | Title | Focus | Publication Date | | :---- | :-------------------- | :------------------------------------- | :--------------- | | 1 | Bound by Honor | Aria Scuderi & Luca Vitiello | 2014 | | 2 | Bound by Duty | Valentina Aresco & Dante Cavallaro | 2015 | | 3 | Bound by Hatred | Gianna Scuderi & Matteo Vitiello | 2015 | | 4 | Bound by Temptation | Liliana Scuderi & Romero | 2015 | | 5 | Bound by Vengeance | Cara & Growl | 2017 | | 6 | Bound by Love | Aria & Luca (continued) | 2018 | Enter Romero – Luca’s most trusted and stoic bodyguard
: Features Liliana Scuderi, the youngest sister in a powerful Chicago mafia family, and Romero, a loyal soldier and bodyguard in the New York Famiglia. She is promised to another man
In New York, Lily reunites with , a loyal soldier and bodyguard to Luca. Lily has harbored a crush on the older, indifferent soldier since she was fourteen. Romero has long ignored her flirtations, restricted by his duty and the age difference. However, as the summer progresses, the tension between them becomes impossible to ignore. Lily has harbored a crush on the older,
Bound by Temptation acts as a pivotal bridge within the series. It directly follows the events of Bound by Hate (featuring Gianna and Matteo), which ended with a major conflict, and leads directly into the war-centric plot of Bound by Vengeance .
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