Out of all the Sins of the Father books, I think Luca is the only one that really "paid" for his sins. Because the only reason Marcella was kidnapped was because Luca killed Maddox's father. And now that they are together Luca has a constant reminder of those events. And Marcella was actually injured physically and mentally. While she didn't lose her family, she did have to rebuild a new image (her sense of self).

When I read this book for the first time, I immediately loved that Cora connected Bound by Love to this one. Because after Luca's rampage the storyline was just dropped, but it shows what a genius Cora is.

Similar to Remo and Fina, her wanting to sleep with Maddox was borderline born out of manipulation. However at least Remo gave Fina the decency to have her first time in a bed