"I love you."
Carmella smiled at his confession.

"And I hate you," he chuckled. "Not because of what you've done...no."

"Then why-"

"Baby, you need to stop thinking that it's about you when my mind was this way even before I met you, Carmelle. You'll survive me if you remember that," he warned.

Mateo hates her, loves her, needs her in this dark romance. Carmella betrayed him, when he was at his lowest point. Revenge was clearly on his mind. Yet, he awakes a part of her that births a hunger for his wife that surprises him. Now, this wicked game, of Mateo's own design, he's forcing her to play will push him to a limit he never wanted to go...and might destroy them both.

When Carmella realizes the truth, will she be able to get away from Mateo and his Tainted Love?