She was never supposed to become his wife. He was never supposed to want her.
Dante Moretti has spent his life preparing to take control of one of Chicago’s most powerful mafia families. Cold, disciplined, and feared, he believes loyalty matters more than love and marriage is nothing more than another business arrangement.
Then his family gives him the one woman he never wanted.
Alessia DeLuca.
Beautiful. Stubborn. Independent. And the daughter of a rival family Dante has been taught never to trust.
When a mysterious enemy begins attacking both families and Alessia’s younger brother suddenly disappears, the Morettis and DeLucas are forced into an alliance neither side wants. Their solution is simple.
Dante and Alessia must marry.
Their marriage comes with rules. Separate bedrooms. Separate lives. No interfering in each other’s business. No feelings. And when the danger is over, they walk away.
But living under the same roof changes everything.
Arguments turn into late-night conversations. Hatred becomes reluctant respect. Jealousy begins to feel dangerously real. And the man Alessia thought had no heart starts protecting her in ways she never expected.
Dante knows he should keep his distance.
Instead, he starts watching for her to come home.
Starts noticing who makes her smile.
Starts wanting things from their marriage that were never part of the agreement.
But someone inside their families is betraying them, and the closer Dante and Alessia get to the truth, the more dangerous their marriage becomes.
Because their enemy is not only trying to destroy the alliance.
Someone wants Dante dead.
And when Alessia discovers the secret Dante has been hiding about her missing brother, the fragile trust between them shatters.
Now Dante must decide how far he is willing to go to protect the woman who was supposed to be nothing more than his wife on paper.
And Alessia must decide whether loving Dante Moretti will save her…
or destroy everything she has left.
Dante is a dark mafia arranged marriage romance filled with enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, jealousy, family loyalty, betrayal, danger, slow-burn chemistry, and a powerful marriage-of-convenience love story.