Ludovica Barone has always known her place as a daughter in La Cosa Nostra, but after her father is taken out, she’s left with few options. Manipulating the remaining capos in her family to keep the business afloat while fending off their advances is exhausting. She knows marriage would be the best way to stabilize the family, but her choices are less than ideal.
The only support she receives is from Enzo Di Salvo, the spy from the family who destroyed her father. He sees way too much, about her and about the family, but instead of using it against her, he begins stepping in to help. During her most vulnerable moment, he’s there to clean up the mess.
He’d make the perfect husband, if she has to have one. Only, when she proposes, he turns her down. Ludovica can’t let him get away with that.
Enzo is appalled when the much younger Mafia princess asks him to marry her. Even if he were twenty years younger, he’d never wanted to lead. But the longer he watches Ludovica, the more he realizes she doesn’t need a leader for a husband. No, she needs someone willing to stand at her back and help her carve out her own unique path. Exactly the skills he brings to the table.
Ludovica isn’t one to wait for him to change his mind, though. When she takes matters into her own hands to convince him of how perfect they’d be together, Enzo is shocked by how far she’ll go to have him. Shocked and enthralled.
Enzo Di Salvo belongs to her. And soon everyone will know it.
With wounded but vengeful heroines and protective, morally gray heroes, the Gentle Sinners series contains interconnected standalones with steamy, open door scenes and no cliff hangers.
Amber Warden’s stories often include characters overcoming tragic pasts or current hardships and may include situations that not everyone would like to read. Content notes are included in the look inside to help you decide if this story is for you.
