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Intro
Zach Valenti was thirty-five, hardened by years in the shadows of Italy’s most ruthless mafia empire. He didn’t flinch at violence, didn’t trust anyone, and didn’t believe in love—not in his world. When his father named him heir, the crown came with a price: marriage to the daughter of their oldest rival.
Guest was only nineteen. Beautiful, sharp-eyed, and quiet, with the kind of icy grace that came from a childhood spent behind palace walls of guns and secrets. A Bratva princess, promised to a man twice her age for the sake of peace neither of them had asked for.
They didn’t like each other. Zach thought she was too young, too untouched by the darker truths of their world. Guest saw him as a cage with a pulse—a man who looked at her like she was a responsibility, not a person.
But they didn’t hate each other either. Not yet.
In a world built on power, blood, and loyalty, their marriage was meant to end a war.
No one warned them it might start a different kind.
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Release Date 2026.07.03 / Last Updated 2026.07.03
