From USA Today Bestselling Author Julie Johnstone comes a dark mafia romance featuring enemies-to-lovers, an arranged marriage, a morally gray hero, a secretly brilliant heroine, family betrayal, mystery, and possessive obsession.
The only thing more dangerous than my enemies…is my wife.
Damiano
I always thought I'd die by a bullet. Turns out, it might be a little gold band.
They handed me my enemy's daughter and called it peace. I call it a debt I intend to collect.
I married Emilia Rinaldi to learn who killed my father and keep my family breathing. I expected a spoiled mafia princess I could control.
Instead I got a woman who lies without blinking, argues men into the ground, and plays the obedient daughter so well I almost believe it.
Almost.
Every truth she gives me hides another lie, and every time I'm sure I've figured her out, she slips the knot. I should tear her secrets open and be done with her. Instead I keep finding reasons to pull her closer.
Because someone poisoned my father. Someone murdered her mother. Someone wants our families to bleed—and they used the wrong woman as bait.
Before Emilia, I protected an empire. Now I’ll destroy one to save her.
Emilia
Marry the enemy. Smile for his family. Slip under the silken sheets of the mafia heir whose family killed my mother. Steal the proof that ends his. Then vanish.
That was the deal. My father gets his revenge, and I finally get my freedom.
All I have to do is play the perfect wife to Damiano Valeri.
It should have been easy.
But the cold, ruthless king I was warned about? He listens. He notices. He sees the things I've spent a lifetime hiding.
He sees me.
I told myself I could survive this marriage and walk away clean. I never asked the only question that mattered:
What happens when saving myself means destroying the only man who ever truly saw me?
Savage Heir is book one in the Savage Sinners series featuring the five Valeri brothers. Tropes include:
The only thing more dangerous than my enemies…is my wife.
Damiano
I always thought I'd die by a bullet. Turns out, it might be a little gold band.
They handed me my enemy's daughter and called it peace. I call it a debt I intend to collect.
I married Emilia Rinaldi to learn who killed my father and keep my family breathing. I expected a spoiled mafia princess I could control.
Instead I got a woman who lies without blinking, argues men into the ground, and plays the obedient daughter so well I almost believe it.
Almost.
Every truth she gives me hides another lie, and every time I'm sure I've figured her out, she slips the knot. I should tear her secrets open and be done with her. Instead I keep finding reasons to pull her closer.
Because someone poisoned my father. Someone murdered her mother. Someone wants our families to bleed—and they used the wrong woman as bait.
Before Emilia, I protected an empire. Now I’ll destroy one to save her.
Emilia
Marry the enemy. Smile for his family. Slip under the silken sheets of the mafia heir whose family killed my mother. Steal the proof that ends his. Then vanish.
That was the deal. My father gets his revenge, and I finally get my freedom.
All I have to do is play the perfect wife to Damiano Valeri.
It should have been easy.
But the cold, ruthless king I was warned about? He listens. He notices. He sees the things I've spent a lifetime hiding.
He sees me.
I told myself I could survive this marriage and walk away clean. I never asked the only question that mattered:
What happens when saving myself means destroying the only man who ever truly saw me?
Savage Heir is book one in the Savage Sinners series featuring the five Valeri brothers. Tropes include:
- Dark mafia enemies-to-lovers romance
A morally gray possessive heir and a secretly brilliant, determined heroine
Arranged marriage and fiery slow-burn
Family betrayal, buried secrets, and deadly stakes
Forced Proximity