Bound By Shadows

The story follows Elena Vance, a beautiful but deeply impoverished artist struggling to survive while caring for her ailing mother. Her world is upended when her reckless brother, Leo, runs up a massive, unpayable gambling debt with the city's most feared mafia syndicate. Enter Dante Salvatore, the cold, ruthless, and devastatingly handsome heir to the Salvatore crime family. Instead of taking violent retribution against her brother, Dante offers Elena a transactional lifeline: play the part of his fiancée for six months to project stability to his rivals and mask a vulnerability in his organization. In exchange, her family’s safety and financial survival are guaranteed.