THE ENEMY'S WIDOW: Italian Mafia Forced Marriage Romance (Marchetti Dynasty)

Vittoria Sabatini buried a husband she did not mourn. Days later, the New York Commission gives her a new one: Luca Marchetti, the rival don everyone blames for putting Emilio in the grave.The marriage is not mercy. It is a cease-fire.Emilio left behind a black ledger filled with hidden routes, payments, killings, and names powerful men would murder to control. Vittoria designed its cipher. She is the only person who can read it, and the only reason the Sabatini family still has bargaining power.Luca wants Brooklyn stable, the ledger contained, and Vittoria behind walls his enemies cannot breach. He expects a frightened widow. Instead, he finds the woman who quietly kept Sabatini business alive while her husband took the credit.Vittoria expects another powerful man who will confuse protection with ownership. Luca is ruthless with rivals, exacting with his men, and terrifyingly careful with her boundaries. The more he gives her a place at the table, the harder it becomes to separate the marriage forced on them from the choices they begin making for each other.But someone engineered the war around Emilio's death, and the truth could turn Luca and Vittoria's families against each other before their alliance becomes permanent.The Enemy's Widow is a high-heat Italian-American mafia romance with forced marriage, enemies-to-lovers tension, a morally gray heroine with real power, a possessive protector, forced proximity, a secret coded ledger, rival-family war, and a complete HEA. Book 1 in the Marchetti Dynasty Series. All books can be read as standalones.