Donati Bloodlines Part Three

They’re not star-crossed—they’re impossible. Emma Donati wasn’t given a choice in the end, and the one she was forced to make saved more lives than just hers. If only knowing that was enough to get her through the hell she’s currently living. Instead, she’s paying the price for the lies they’ve told, and the cost is unbearably high. Some days, it feels like she imagined it all. Like everything with Calisto was a dream. But they were real once. Even if now, he doesn't remember any of it. And if protecting the only thing she has left of him means lying to the one man who might be able to save her—so be it. Except the truth still has consequences, and when Calisto finds out what she’s done … not even God will stop him. Note: TW for miscarriage, child loss, and DV.

They’re not star-crossed—they’re impossible. Calisto Donati is what every made man in the mafia should be, and then he broke his oath for a woman that wasn’t his. Their secrets and games are deadly, but as hard as he tries to stay away from his boss’s new bride, the universe seems determined to keep bringing them back together. Trapped in a marriage that leaves Emma heartbroken and lonely, he’s often the only one left to pick up the pieces of what remains of a once vibrant woman. Maybe his self-control would be better if he didn’t know the monster his uncle truly is—after all, Affonso Donati was the first hard lesson about life that Calisto had to learn. These are the secrets of the Donati Bloodlines—where everything, even love, is a lie. But how far will they go to keep it that way? Note: TW for miscarriage, child loss, and DV.

They’re not star-crossed—they’re impossible. Bought and soon-to-be delivered, Emma Sorrento will be the next wife of a New York Don decades her senior. Not by choice, but as a mafia princess—was there ever one? But the soul-black eyes of the man tasked with ensuring her safe arrival to the wedding of her nightmares tempts her like no other. In the worst possible way. Calisto Donati. He’s entirely forbidden. The nephew of the man she’s supposed to marry. And just a touch from him could get her killed. Is it worth it? Now Emma has two problems. Saving herself from a marriage to a man she doesn’t want, and not falling in love with the one she does. NOTE: The Donati Bloodlines trilogy includes THREE parts that should be read in order—part one and two end on a cliffhanger, and part three is a HEA.

The secrets within the bloodlines of this family are deadly ... Emma Sorrento went from a carefree, young woman one day, to the paid-for bride of a mafia boss the next. She had been groomed for this life and position, but she didn't even realize it until it was too late. Promised to a man she despised, and stuck in a world where her desires and happiness are of little importance, she quickly learned to keep quiet and stay pretty. That is how she survives, even when life deals her devastating blow after blow, determined to knock her down for good. Until one day, a man with black eyes, a black soul, and a blacker heart wakes her up again. He's dangerous. He's all parts bad. He's also her husband's nephew, and she should know better. Calisto Donati gives Emma every single reason to live. And maybe die, too. They were never star-crossed. They were always impossible. Donati Bloodlines: The Complete Trilogy follows the story of Emma and Calisto through three full-length novels, to a final Happily Ever After. It also includes a 20k companion novella to the trilogy titled Behind the Bloodlines.

A Donati Trilogy Companion Novella The secrets of the Donati family begin here … Read as Cross and Camilla Donati go from children, to teens, to young adults, where their stories can now begin. Learn the most devastating moment in Affonso Donati’s life, as he handpicks his new bride. And finish where it all began, where the secrets started, and the first lies muddied the bloodlines of the Donati family. Written in novella form that moves from one scene to the next in single chapter formed mini-stories, Behind the Bloodlines is a collection that spans long before Calisto and Emma, to far into their marriage, and beyond with never before seen perspectives. Behind the Bloodlines is a 20k Companion Novella to the Donati Bloodlines Trilogy. It includes three deleted scenes, one extended file, five unseen future-takes, and two never-seen-before POVs. It is not meant to be read as a standalone novella from the Trilogy, but as an add-on after finishing.

Emma Donati Some days, it felt like Emma had just imagined it all. Like maybe everything she had been with Calisto was just a dream. Emma knew it was crazy-it was impossible to forget what she had shared with Calisto Donati. All their love, the stolen moments, their foulness together, and the beauty underneath it all were real. They were real. But he didn't know. He didn't know any of it. And little by little, with every day that passed her by, Emma found she was losing those pieces that reminded her they had existed once. Just like the rosary. All too soon, Emma knew ... there would be nothing left. Calisto Donati Emma hadn't given him a choice. Her, not him. Yeah, that's what Calisto was going to keep telling himself. He refused to feed into the strange curiosity he had about Emma Donati. It had been building from the moment he'd first seen her face after he'd awakened. He wouldn't admit that for longer than he cared to admit, he thought there was more behind her false smile, polite words, and the distance she put between her and him-that there might be more to them. He couldn't. Except ... he was feeding into it. Calisto just wasn't sure what it was. But tonight he was going to find out. Whether she wanted to tell him or not. The final Donati Bloodlines Novel.

Calisto Donati She was just a woman. That's what Calisto wanted to tell himself; that's what he wanted to believe. Emma was nothing more than a woman. There were other women for him to want. To obsess over. It couldn't be Emma Sorrento. Not for Calisto. She was taken. She was claimed. She was not his. In a few days, Calisto would hand her off, and that would be that. He wondered why it wouldn't be that easy to let her go. What good had saving her done? He had simply taken her from one monster to give her to another. Emma Sorrento Emma slid on her mask. All someone would need to do was look close enough to see what was really beneath the sheer falseness of her smile. At the other end of the table, Emma found her lies staring her right in the face. He smirked. And winked. Calisto Donati was her worst mistake, her greatest shame, and the one thing she still wanted more than anything. Emma could still feel him all over her, long after his touch and kiss was gone. In thirty days, her entire world had changed-he had changed her. Emma had a feeling that if she played another game with Calisto, she would surely lose. She had already lost once. Wasn't it enough? WARNING: The first two books in the Donati Bloodlines Trilogy end on a cliffhanger, and are not considered safe romance.

A wild boy. A sly girl. Cross Donati defines trouble. He does what he wants because he’s never known anything different. He’s unapologetic, and he owns it. Catherine Marcello is every bit a good girl … on the outside. Her entire world is a legacy, and she lives it. She’s curious, and she’s exploring it. She chases bad things. He never learned to be good. They’re late nights, stolen cars, first times, fist fights, leather jackets, beaches, bloody smiles, and life. They’re vicious and precious, dangerous and harmless, innocence and sin. They are love. Love is killing for someone. Love is living for someone. Sometimes, you can’t keep saving your heart when it means sacrificing it, too. Sometimes, you have to learn to save yourself. Sometimes, love has to fall, crash, and burn. ​ This is what love is like when you’re a principe and principessa della mafia. This is what love is like when you’re Cross Donati and Catherine Marcello.