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The Empress

Michelle Heard · Mafia Empire #4

286 pages
(8k)Steamy

A mafia boss forces her to marry him — then ignores her — until secrets flip the power entirely.

Content Warnings
violence/gorekidnapping

Description

From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new STANDALONE, full-length MAFIA ROMANCE novel. While visiting family in Italy with my mother, I come face-to-face with Leo Toscano. The head of the Italian mafia, and my worst nightmare.Let’s get one thing straight. I didn’t know the mafia was a thing until the ruthless man threatens to wipe out my family unless I marry him.Not having much of a choice, I reluctantly say ‘I do’, and tie myself to the heartless bastard for life.Turns out he doesn’t want anything to do with me, and I quickly learn the definition of loneliness.But then secrets begin to come to light, and everything I thought I knew about my life turns out to be a lie.Now the big, bad mafia boss is the one begging.How the tables have turned. A Mafia Romance full-length novel. Each book in the Mafia Empire series is interconnected, but about a different couple who will all find their HEA.

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