MARRIED TO THE SHADOW QUEEN

Five years ago, Alessandro De Luca hurt Valentina Romano deeply when he rejected her in public. Now, her father's mistake puts their family in danger of a mafia war. Valentina must make a difficult decision: marry the ruthless man who broke her heart or risk losing her family.



But Alessandro isn't the same man who rejected her. He's colder, more dangerous, and infinitely more powerful. What Valentina doesn't know is that he's been watching her every move for five years tracking her life, eliminating threats, waiting for his chance to claim what he's always considered his.



"You'll marry me, or your family pays in blood."



Forced into his world of luxury and violence, Valentina discovers that her new husband harbors dark secrets. The rejection that destroyed her? It was orchestrated by her own father's blackmail. The mysterious death of Alessandro's father? Murder, committed by someone she's learning to trust. And those five years of surveillance? All part of an obsessive plan to win back the only woman who ever made him feel human.



As wedding plans spiral into a three-week countdown, Valentina must navigate a dangerous world where love and loyalty are bought with blood, where even family can't be trusted, and where her greatest enemy might be the only man who can save her.



But Alessandro isn't the only one who's changed. The broken girl he rejected has become a force to be reckoned with and she's about to teach the ruthless mafia don that some women can't be owned, only earned.



In a world built on power and revenge, can a marriage born of blackmail become a love worth dying for?



When the devil makes you an offer, sometimes the only choice is to become the devil yourself.