He doesn’t ask. He takes.
And now... I’m his bride.

I never planned to marry a man like Nico Moretti—ruthless, powerful, and feared by everyone in this city.
But my father’s debt has a price, and Nico came to collect.

Cold kisses. Dangerous vows. A wedding dress stitched with secrets.

To the world, he’s a mafia king.
To me, he’s a captor in a custom suit.
And yet every time he touches me, I forget to hate him.

He says I belong to him now.
Heart, body, and soul.

But in this deadly game of power and blood, the most dangerous thing I could do... is fall in love with my husband.

“Mafia’s pretty payment” is a dark, steamy, enemies-to-lovers romance with an obsessive antihero, a forced marriage, and a heroine who just might break the don’s heart—or lose hers trying.


The Mafia's Pretty Payment

**SOPHIA**
I pause, the weight of Luca’s command sinking into my chest. The clifftop garden is secluded, the sea below crashing in rhythm with my pulse, but all I can focus on is the look in his eyes—steady, unwavering.
“Are you absolutely sure?” I ask, barely louder than the wind curling around u...

EIGHTEEN