Don Maximo Marco chose Mia Accardi the instant he saw her, certain she had the bloodline, beauty, and strength to stand at his side and continue his line.
Mia wants no part of becoming his wife or producing the six heirs he expects, no matter how striking he is or how easily his voice undoes her.
She refuses him again and again, yet every attempt to keep her distance only draws him further under her defenses.
Maximo needs a woman who can survive his world, not one who consumes his thoughts, but she is becoming the variable he cannot command.
Love was never the point of the claim. When her sister's life is placed in his hands, Mia has to decide what her freedom is truly worth.
