SOFIA


I came to the altar to marry the heir.


I left it wearing his father's ring.


One moment, I was promised to the prince of the Italian underworld. The next, I belonged to Luciano Valenti—Il Re. The king no one dares betray. Older. Ruthless. Untouchable. And the last man I should ever trust. They say he married me to protect my family. He says it was the only way to keep me alive. I say he stole my future. But the deeper I fall into his empire, the more I realize my fiancé never wanted me, my family has been lying to me, and my new husband knows far more about my past than he's willing to confess.


I should hate him. I should run. Instead, I'm falling for the one man who might ruin me completely.

Because hidden beneath Luciano's empire is a secret with my name on it—and when I discover what he did the night my father died, being his wife may no longer be enough to keep me alive.

LUCIANO

I was supposed to watch her marry my son.

Instead, I made her my wife. Sofia was never meant to be mine. But when I learned my enemies were coming for her, I had two choices: let her marry my son and wait for her to die—or put my name on her first.

She thinks I married her to control her. Maybe she's right. Because I control everything—my empire, my enemies, even my own heart. Until Sofia. Until the daughter of the only man I ever trusted becomes the one weakness I cannot afford.


But there are men coming for my wife. Men who know what she carries. Men who think I'll surrender her to save my empire.

They don't understand one thing.


I built my empire with blood. I can build it again.

But if anyone tries to take Sofia from me—they'll learn why they call me king.