Title: Owned
Series: Dellucci Mafia Duet #2
Author: Clarissa Wild
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Release Date: October 4, 2021
BLURB
She escaped the mob boss, but he will always find his pet.
My name is Harper, but to him I’m only Kitten.
When Marcello Dellucci bought me from the auction, my life was destroyed.
Locked away in his mansion, I became his precious pet.
His needs are twisted.
His kisses are dangerous.
And his touch makes me come alive.
But I can’t ever fall for this mafia man.
This man who lied.
Betrayed.
Hurt.
Killed.
All for me.
So I run, as fast as I can.
But I know I’ll never escape his grasp.
Sooner or later he’ll come to claim what already belongs to him…
My heart.
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EXCERPT
With a single finger, he reaches for my face, but not in a threatening way. Instead, he gently grasps a strand of my hair, swiping it away from my cheek before tucking it behind my ear.
“You don’t need to snoop. If you want to know something about me, ask. I am more than willing to give if only you would ask.”
His strokes are so soft that it moves me and takes my breath away. He looks at me with such intensity that it’s hard to look away. But then I remember that him lying to me was the sole reason I ran away.
So I turn my head away from the palm of his hand. “You expect me to be honest with you, yet you won’t do the same for me.”
He frowns. “What do you mean?”
“Why else do you think I ran away?” I say. “You lied to me about the fire. My parents. My father. About everything you could.”
“I didn’t lie. I omitted the truth,” he says with a tightened jaw.
“That’s the same thing,” I scoff. “You knew who I was, and you chose not to tell me.”
He grabs my arm and pushes me farther against the pillar, trapping me between him and the concrete. “I did it to protect you. Because I knew you would hate me if I told you the truth. Harper, please.”
My lips unlatch as I look up into his face. Did he just say … please?
“I hate this. I hate arguing with you.” His jaw tenses up again along with the muscles in his chest. “But what I hate more is that I cannot choose.”
“Choose what?”
Suddenly, he smashes his lips onto mine, and I’m captured by surprise. His lips are rough against my softness, dominant against my sensitivity, and it pushes all my buttons. It confuses me to the point where I don’t even know what I’m feeling anymore. Because when his lips are on mine, everything else ceases to matter, ceases to exist.
And that … that’s what’s been scaring me.
When his lips unlatch, my body is on fire, and I want nothing more than to kiss him right back.
But I know I shouldn’t.
Not until I know for sure what it is that I feel.
What it is that he feels for me.
“I want … everything from you,” he groans. “So much that it destroys me.”
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This is the second book in this duet and they must be read
in order. Harper has the answers she has been looking for and more. Only now
she is more confused than ever. She is falling for a man who bought her and
lied to her. Omitting the truth is still a lie. The people she thought were her
parents weren’t. She is torn between what she believed and what she has
learned. She needs time to process everything she has learned. So, she runs. Will
running bring her more trouble than she ever imagined? Can she love a man who
has bought her? The people she thought were her parents aren’t going to let her
go so easily. So many people are looking for her. Is it safe to be found be either
group? Marcello has discovered that he loves his kitten more than he ever
thought he could. He now has something to fight for, a purpose. Will he be able
to get her back or will he lose her once again? I loved this conclusion to the
story. Harper is faced with many challenges. She is thrown into this world she
doesn’t know anything about but is actually a part of. Harper and Marcello are
a fantastic couple despite how they got together. They were more connected than
even Marcello knew in the beginning. I really enjoyed this duet and highly
recommend it. Congrats on another fantastic book Clarissa.
AUTHOR BIO
Clarissa Wild is a New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of Dark Romance and Contemporary Romance novels. She is an avid reader and writer of swoony stories about dangerous men and feisty women. Her other loves include her hilarious husband, her two crazy but cute dogs, and her ninja cat that sometimes thinks he's a dog too. In her free time she enjoys watching all sorts of movies, playing video games, reading tons of books, and cooking her favorite meals.
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