Taken by Vanessa Waltz

I stole my trophy wife
Her father killed my brother, so I took Carmela hostage.
I didn’t know how to execute my revenge, but when the innocent little honey attempts to bargain for her father’s life, I devise the perfect plan.
I won’t just take my revenge.
I’ll savor it.
She’s desperate to save her father.
Her offer: One night. No strings.
My counter-offer: The rest of my life, no strings, but plenty of rope.
I need a mother for my two kids. A wife to warm my bed. A lover to break.
That’s Carmela.
I thought my only battle would be between us…in the bedroom.…but marrying her incited a war I never saw coming.
If I don’t win…I lose everything.
I lose her.

CARMELA:
He kidnapped my father, so I offered myself as payment.
Michael Costa, my new husband, is many things. He’s one of Boston’s most powerful gangsters. He’s a devoted single dad. A fantastic lover. A beautiful contradiction. A monster cut from the same cloth as my ex.
I don’t trust him.
I never meant to love him.
But I’m falling for his kids. Now I’m bound to him because I can’t bear to leave them. And he’s promised me what’s been denied to me all my life—a baby.
Our marriage might’ve been a happily-ever-after, until my ex showed up.
He’s out for blood, threatening my imperfect, messy, beautiful life with Michael.
Nick is my worst nightmare.
Michael is my forever.
But somehow…I lose no matter who I end up with.