Lair of the Lion is a paranormal/romance written by American author Christine Feehan.

[1] Unlike most for her other works, this novel is not part of an ongoing series and isn’t set in the present day.

Isabella Vernaducci is a young aristocratic woman desperate to save her imprisoned brother.

Once she is granted an audience with the Don and explains her plight, he agrees to help her on one condition: she must become his wife.

It is said that there is a curse on the DeMarcos, that all marriages are doomed to fail, end in betrayal and murder.