Because I'm Yours by Claire Contreras (signed)

Lenora De Luca

I call it assurance. My father would call me a traitor. Everyone, including myself, would agree that it’s the dumbest things I’ve ever done. I

’m meant to marry a stranger who lives in a foreign country and is closer my father’s age than my own. That’s why I sneak into his office, grab his ledger and the USB drive he carries around like it’s a bible, and run. No one steals from Giuseppe De Luca and lives to tell a story about it.

I just want to survive long enough to do some things on my bucket list, and then, I don’t care what happens to me, but when Rocco Marchetti catches up to me, I’m not sure what fate is worse.

Rocco Marchetti

When Giuseppe put a hit out on his daughter, it isn’t meant to put her in any danger. It’s meant for her to be brought back home. My best friend’s little sister is a thorn in my side, but right now she has two things I want: Giuseppe’s secrets and the keys to an empire. Getting the first one will be easy. The second is a little tricky.

The only way to become head of the empire that rightfully belongs to her is to marry her. When her brother asks me to find her and bring her to him instead, I agree, because I can’t think of anything I want more than whatever is on that USB drive. That is, until I start spending all of my time with Lenora.

If her father doesn’t kill me for defying his wishes, my best friend certainly will.