{"product_id":"bruno-paperback","title":"Bruno - Paperback","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForced to marry a paralyzed Don who swears he will never touch her.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe refuses to live unwanted in her own marriage.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy father's gambling debts bought me a husband and a cage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBruno Sartori didn't want a wife. He wanted proof he could still leadlead, and Pietro handed him an arranged marriage as a test.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI was the transaction. The name on a contract. The woman assigned to the west wing while he stayed in the east and pretended I didn't exist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe didn't speak to me for a week.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo, I spoke for both of us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI walked toward him when everyone else stepped aside. I knocked on his door when no one else dared. I sat with his family and smiled and held the room together while he sat at the head of the table looking at me like I was a problem he hadn't solved yet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was wrong about never touching me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was wrong about a lot of things.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Bruno Sartori built his walls out of two years of grief and pride and rage — - and I'm twenty-one years old with nothing left to lose and everything to prove.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis isn't the marriage he planned.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's becoming something neither of us can walk away from.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sherry Blake","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46136070176965,"sku":"9605175000766","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/0361\/9781\/files\/hf_20260519_044515_f0c5a7b7-8ce2-4a01-bbb9-87b41de86595.png?v=1779214581","url":"https:\/\/rosanthepublishing.com\/products\/bruno-paperback","provider":"Rosanthe Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}