Reckless Absolution

A marriage born of obedience.
A love neither of them anticipated.

Quinn Calven has spent her life learning how to be what others need her to be. A tool for negotiation. A flawless wife. She’s a woman forged by deception. But behind the mask she presents to the world, she carries a grief she cannot escape and a secret she must keep hidden from the public eye.

Jack Drussario, a capo in one of the city’s most formidable mafia families, understands that loyalty is earned, power comes at a price, and certain duties cannot be refused. His arranged marriage to Quinn is meant to strengthen an alliance between rival families, but Jack never wanted a relationship built solely on obligation. He craves a wife, a partner, and a life together.

Quinn is beautiful, composed, and everything a mafia wife should be. But beneath the surface, she’s fighting a battle Jack never agreed to be part of.

As their marriage develops into something unexpected, Jack starts to see through the persona Quinn has meticulously created. He offers her the one thing she’s never even considered asking for: a place where she doesn’t have to prove her worth.

But passion can’t erase grief, and devotion can’t compel someone to embrace a life they’re not ready to save.

Reckless Absolution is a dark mafia romance about an arranged marriage, unpredictable love, addiction, loss, and the arduous road toward choosing to live.