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


**LUCA**
One week later…
My wife is out floating in the ocean, completely at peace. I’m lounging nearby with a book in hand, pretending to read, but mostly I’m just watching her—her smile, the way she waves like she hasn’t a care in the world.
Then my phone buzzes.
I glance down, already anno...

NINETEEN