TWISTED HONOR

She was never meant to be a wife. She was meant to be a treaty. Elira Marku has spent her entire life being valued for what she can secure, not who she is. An elite forensic accountant born into one of Chicago's most powerful Albanian mafia families, she knows every deal comes with a price... and every promise hides an invoice. When an arranged marriage binds her to Dario Benedetti, heir to an infamous Italian crime dynasty, she expects a cold alliance built on blood, power, and obligation. She doesn't expect the man behind the vows. Dario is quiet. Patient. Impossible to read. He never raises his voice. Never forces her hand. Never asks for more than she's willing to give. But secrets have a way of bleeding through even the strongest walls. As fragile peace between two criminal empires begins to fracture, betrayals surface, loyalties are tested, and every carefully built lie threatens to destroy them both. The closer Elira gets to the truth, the more she realizes the greatest danger isn't the war outside their marriage... It's the man she's slowly falling in love with. Because Dario has been keeping secrets from the very beginning. And when they finally come to light, they'll force them to choose between family, honor... and each other. Twisted Honor is an emotionally charged dark mafia arranged marriage romance filled with razor-sharp banter, slow-burn tension, devastating betrayal, protective hero energy, powerful family politics, unforgettable grovel, and a love worth burning empires for. Perfect for readers who love possessive but respectful heroes, intelligent heroines, morally gray families, emotional angst, and hard earned happily ever afters. One marriage. Two rival empires. Countless secrets. Sometimes the deadliest promise is the one made at the altar.