The Blood Code

by Stephenie Paige

Some debts are paid in blood. Others are paid in vows.

Sophia Hayes was supposed to attend her best friend’s wedding, celebrate, and return to her perfectly ordinary life.

Instead, one spilled glass of red wine changes everything.

Mateo Moretti is a ruthless mafia Don, feared by his enemies and obeyed by his allies. When Sophia publicly humiliates him, an ancient code demands repayment.

His solution? Marriage.

She refuses to surrender. He refuses to let her go.

Forced into a world of violence, secrets, and dangerous loyalties, Sophia finds herself bound to a man who believes protection and possession are one and the same.

But beneath Mateo’s merciless exterior lies a past that has taught him love is weakness. And Sophia is determined to prove that loving someone should never mean losing yourself.

As hatred ignites into forbidden desire and enemies threaten everything, Mateo must confront the one thing his power cannot control.

The woman he’s sworn to protect.

He can command an empire. But he cannot command her heart.

323 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 21, 2026