Feared across New York as the Reaper, Lorenzo De Santis rules a criminal empire with ice in his veins. When his intended bride vanished before the ceremony, Lucia Bianchi stepped into the marriage to protect a fragile alliance. For three years, she endured his indifference, erased the traces of his violence, and watched him rush to Bianca whenever she called. After he unknowingly approves their divorce, Lucia leaves for San Francisco, determined to choose herself at last. Now Lorenzo is desperate to find the wife he never truly saw, but even a queen's emerald bracelet may not persuade Lucia to return to his world.