Ruined Secrets

Isabella is the granddaughter of a Chicago Cosa Nostra don. Since childhood she has been in love with Luca, a capo in the Family. He is sixteen years older than she is, and an arranged marriage finally puts him in her life as her husband. She gets the man she always wanted, though the terms were set by others and not by her.

Then an accident takes Luca's memory. He no longer recognises Isabella, and the marriage they share means nothing to him. Isabella has a choice to make about what to tell him, and she decides to keep the truth to herself.

Watching Luca fall for her a second time is what she has wanted for years, and it comes with a price. The lie sits under every tender moment, and if his memory returns, she could lose everything she has gained.

The book is the fourth in the Perfectly Imperfect series, where each book follows a different couple, so it reads fine without the earlier ones. It is an adult dark mafia romance with an age gap and explicit scenes. Readers are divided on the age difference and on how much heat it carries. The question running through it is how long Isabella can keep Luca's past from him.