Ruined By Blood: An Age Gap Forced Proximity Mafia Romance

By Sherry Blake

Just one more night.
That's how I survive.
One night at a time.

Other girls get to choose new dresses and fantasize about boys, my world is a gilded cage kept tightly locked by my captor.
This isn't a life, it's a life sentence of being sweet and pretty and submissive to his clients.
When one of those clients gets more violent than usual, an armed savior appears just in time.
Then I discover he's none other than Enzo Ferretti, sottocapo of the notorious mafia mob family.
Violent.
Dangerous.
A killer in a Brioni suit.
A demon who takes what he wants without mercy.
And oh so hot that steam rises when he's near.
Having saved me from my fate, now he's holding me hostage.
For my own protection, so he says.
I've gone from a deadly situation to one even more lethal.
From one ruthless man's merchandise to owned by a possessive villain.
I ought to run from this new cage. Fight to escape.
But Enzo leaves me breathless and trembling.
Every nerve end stands to attention when he strides into the room.
What am I thinking?
There are no happy endings in my world.
I'm just a broken, scarred girl that no man would ever deem valuable.
And no one could ever break down the walls surrounding the monster.
But when they come to take me back, Enzo will have to pay the price of vengeance in blood.

At first I feared my protector devil would never let me go
Now I'm terrified he will.

*Ruined By Blood is a full-length dark mafia, forced proximity, age gap romance loaded with passion, angst, protection, lies and most of all, a ton of steam heat. No cheating and a guaranteed HEA.

This is the second book in Feretti Syndicate mafia series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order.Feretti Syndicate Reading Order & Tropes

1. Ruined By Revenge (Damiano & Zoe)
Tropes: Arranged Marriage, Age Gap, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Possessive/Jealous Alpha Male

2. Ruined By Blood (Enzo & Sienna)
Tropes: Age Gap, Kidnapping, Forced Proximity, Enemies to Lovers, Possessive/Jealous Alpha Male, Scarred hero, Who did this to you?, Good Girl/Bad Boy

3. Ruined By Rhapsody (Noah & Evelyn)
Tropes: Age Gap, Kidnapping, Forced Proximity, Enemies to Lovers, Possessive/Jealous Alpha Male, Scarred hero, Who did this to you?

4. Ruined By Capture (Alessio & Melania)
Tropes: Age Gap, Kidnapping, Forced Proximity, Enemies to Lovers, OTT Possessive/Jealous Alpha Male, Tortured hero

5. Ruined By Protection (Matteo & Hazel)
Tropes: Age Gap, Forced Proximity, Second Chance, OTT Possessive/Jealous Alpha Male, He Falls First, Who did this to you?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F7FGJZ5X
• ISBN13: 9798282272185
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"