The Mafia’s Fifth Wife
At twenty-three, Liana Verretti’s world ends twice—First, when she walks in on her longtime boyfriend tangled in bed with her own sister.
And second, when her parents tell her the only way to pay their crushing debt is to sell her into marriage with Cassian Romano, the notorious mafia heir rumored to have murdered his previous four wives.
Liana resisted. She begged. She screamed. Until her mother slapped her and said, “We raised you, Liana. It’s time you repay us.”
Heartbroken and numb, Liana stopped fighting. If dying was her only escape, then so be it.
After all, what’s left to fear when the people you love have already killed you inside?
And so, she became the fifth bride of the man everyone feared.
On her wedding night, when the bedroom door creaked open, Liana froze. A tall, impossibly handsome man stood in the shadows—broad shoulders, cold eyes, and a presence like a storm waiting to break.
Her lips trembled as she whispered, “So… the infamous murderer has a handsome son?”
The man’s gaze darkened; a smirk ghosted across his lips.
“Son?” His voice was low, dangerous, and almost amused. “You wound me, Mrs. Romano.”
He took a step closer, his scent—smoke and danger—curling around her. “It’s not every day my wife calls me a murderer to my face.”
Liana’s breath hitched. This was no stranger. This was her husband. The man she was sold to. The man everyone said would kill her next. But as his eyes lingered on her, something in his gaze burned—not cruelty, but possession.
She thought she was marrying death.
She didn’t expect death to want to keep her alive.
