The Chef’s Bride by Ava Bellini

“I have to have you, Emma.
I could give up on everything the world has to offer me …
I walked away from it all to find you.”
Coming to after a blow to the head, Emma Lovie once again finds herself bound. Locked in. Prisoner.
But this isn’t like Indonesia. This time, she’s headed straight for Ricardo, the unhinged boss of the East Coast scene who promises to make her life hell unless she submits to his every twisted whim.
Denigrated and humiliated, Emma resolves to break the cycle of captivity—this time, relying on her own wits and power…
Nursing a gunshot wound and a wounded psyche after the disaster in Connecticut, Carson plots his revenge against Ricardo for taking his most beloved possession: his Emma.
There’s nothing he won’t do to see her safely by his side again—in her rightful place.
When Carson heads to NYC, straight into the heart of the Ricardo’s operation, the chase is on. Putting his life on the line to gather information, aided by Kim and the full force of his West Coast crew, he’ll bring her home at any cost.
But can he do it without destroying his reputation as the charming celebrity Carson Gill and seeing his empires—both culinary and criminal—crumble in the west?