Sold To The Mafia Boss

"“You should probably keep that hand safe, sweetheart. I have a habit of becoming attached to things that hurt me.”"

Elara Bennett believed she was dressing up for an engagement ring. Instead, the man she loved drove her into the secluded woods and traded her like an invoice to clear a twelve-million-dollar debt with the city’s most feared crime syndicate. Enter Luca Moretti. Cold. Lethal. Devastatingly controlled. As the ruthless heir to an empire built on blood and silence, Luca doesn't negotiate, and he certainly doesn't do mercy. Yet he buys Elara's contract without blinking, dragging her behind the iron gates of his fortified estate with a single, ninety-day proposition: stay under his protection, follow three unbreakable rules, and her ex’s debt will be erased forever. Rule one: Never leave alone. Rule two: Never enter the east wing. Rule three: Never lie to him. Elara breaks the third rule before midnight. She expects a cage. She expects a monster who takes what he paid for. But behind closed doors, the man feared by an entire city gives her more choice than anyone ever has. He won’t touch what isn’t freely surrendered, even as the tension between them threatens to burn the mansion to the ground. When enemies close in and blood spills across ballroom floors, Elara uncovers the darkest secret of all: she wasn't collateral in a crooked gamble. Luca recognized her the second she walked into the room. And he’ll tear down an entire empire before he lets anyone take her from him.