Bound by the Past

Based on the novel by Cora Reilly. As the heir to the Chicago mafia, Dante is logical to a fault. The only thing Valentina has in common with him is being a widow. When Dante chooses her as his next wife, it's a business decision made by a man still haunted from losing the love of his life. But Valentina won't repeat the lovelessness of her first marriage. As she struggles with her own desire for her new husband, little does she know -- his heart may have already started beating for her.

Based on the bestselling novel by Cora Reilly! Trapped in an arranged marriage to the cold and dangerously seductive heir of the New York mafia, LUCA, 18yo sheltered mafia princess from Chicago, ARIA must decide if surrendering her body—and maybe her heart—to a man born of violence is her greatest betrayal or her only chance at survival.

Vera Marchesa just wants one thing: freedom from the dangerous mafia world she grew up in, and her overprotective bodyguard Dante, who refuses to love her. Determined to prove she's not a helpless princess, Vera pushes the one line Dante swore never to cross… even if that means they will crash and burn together.

Trapped in an arranged marriage with Luca, the cold and dangerously seductive heir to the New York mafia, Aria, the innocent little princess of the Chicago mafia, must decide whether giving her body—and perhaps her heart—to a man born of violence is her greatest betrayal or her only chance of survival.

Their families slaughtered each other, and they’re sworn to hate one another… but the pull between them can't be denied. Maeve, the alpha princess, enters Luperiom determined to survive the kingdom’s brutal war college. What she doesn’t expect is a fated bond with Saxon Blackmoor—the most powerful wolf there… and her enemy. Now, the one wolf she shouldn’t want might be the only one who can save her.

Aria won Luca’s love in an arranged mafia marriage, but when she secretly helps her sister flee the life, she betrays him. With their families at war and a baby on the way, Aria must decide whether love can survive when loyalty is paid for in blood.

Everyone's always told Nora to keep her head down and stay silent, but there's one exception — Vince Grant, her husband. As their contract marriage comes to an end after the best year of her life, Nora is faced with returning to her abusive family, who are already plotting to marry her off again. Always the calm, collected CEO, Vince finds himself desperate for a chance to win Nora over, even though she left him without looking back. He watches Nora shrink back into the shell he spent a year coaxing her out of, and decides enough is enough. Whether it's as the best "ex-husband" the world's ever seen, or Nora's real husband, with no contract between them, he'll protect her with everything he has.

1994 Chicago. Lucy bandages a stranger, not knowing he is Ace Cavallo, a feared mafia boss who claims her as his wife. When her fiancé and uncle sell her at her wedding, Ace saves her, offering 30 days as his wife for her mother's surgery. She accepts, learns he already paid. Through betrayals and attacks, Lucy finds devotion beneath his violence and confesses love. The Carters kidnap her. Ace wins a deadly blackjack gamble but takes a bullet. They wed in an empty church and ride into the night.

Karol Sowle was born into a rural family. At 18, she married Joseph Lee, a young intellectual, and followed him to the city. However, Joseph's family scorned her humble origins and subjected her to constant mistreatment. Unable to endure it any longer, Karol left and met Theo Lipsey, a disabled veteran. With Theo's support, Karol pursued education, honed her sewing skills, and eventually founded her own clothing factory. Meanwhile, under her devoted care, Theo's legs gradually healed.

Martina is the perfect Mafia daughter. Beautiful, quiet, and — most important of all — obedient. But to protect the one she loves most, she'll go against her father's orders and take her sister's place as bride to the deadliest, most notorious Mafia don of all... the Butcher.

In her past life, she and her husband grew up as adoptive siblings, became spouses, and spent a lifetime together until old age. When both are reborn, she believes fate has given them a second chance only to discover that he has always had a woman he couldn't forget. This time, he abandons her without hesitation. Left behind, she is adopted into another family and chooses to walk a completely different path, starting a new life without him.

A marriage built on deception ignites a dangerous obsession. Trapped in misplaced devotion and tender lies that cut like knives, she finally walks away, only then does he realize the truth. When the love of his life is still within reach, can shattered trust ever be restored?