Alessio is known as the Blood King. He's moving Il Destino into a new era. The world is changing, and his father was running the family into the ground. His father's death was a blessing to the family. Alessio has everyone falling in line except for the few that were protected by the previous don. Alessio also can marry the woman he's been lusting over since his teens. He knows of her abuse but has no idea of the extent. Can he protect her from the devil she calls dad?

Josephine has endured. Married off to a monster, yet she survived. Becoming a widow was her reprieve, or so she thought, but daddy has other plans and she's to be used again as pawn for his plans.  When Alessio offers marriage to protect her, she's stunned. It's not done! Previously married and scarred, she takes the leap and prays they both make it through.

Aligned with the most dangerous group of leaders from Nostra Casa and La Famiglia, Alessio plans to have it all, while keeping his wife safe.