The Debt of the Ice

Emilia Ricci's brother owes the Bellandi family more than he can ever pay. The capo takes her as collateral and gives her ninety days to prove she's worth keeping. She walks into Matteo Bellandi's lake house with one suitcase and a plan. She walks out at the end of it with his books, his program, and his name. But every family has an uncle, and every uncle has a war. When the rival crew comes to take the junior hockey program off the board, Emilia is the only person Matteo trusts with a plan that doesn't end in bodies. She was collateral. She became leverage. She becomes the only ally he has.