A review by mc_readerobsessed
Sinful Vows by Lilian Harris

4.0

I received this as an arc and I enjoyed it. This is the story of Michael and Elise. Elise was taken as a teenager with her best friends and sold into sex trafficking. So she has had a very traumatic past that’s she’s running from when she finds Micheal. He is about to take the head of the mafia empire as his dad is retiring but in order to fully take over, he must be married. Since meeting Elise, he decides she’s perfect to marry him and promises her protection and a divorce after being married to him for a year. She agrees but she also wants to save her best friend from the sex traffickers that she had to leave behind. Becoming his wife, also means the mother to his 6 year old daughter. This story was sweet and the romance and connection between these two was very touching. He helps her deal with the trauma, has her coping with what happened to her and heals her in a way no one ever could.
Check your triggers as there are some dark scenes.
Tropes: found family, mafia, forced proximity, marriage of convenience, protector, possessive MMC