THE VALENTI TRAP

She uncovered the lie meant to destroy him. Now staying alive means trusting him.

Forensic accountant Elena Rossi knows when numbers don't add up. When an investigation into Valenti-connected businesses reveals a trail of shell companies, forged approvals, and missing money, the evidence points directly to Nico Valenti—the dangerously controlled head of one of the city's most powerful criminal families.

Except Elena doesn't believe the evidence.

Someone is building a case designed to destroy Nico from the inside. And when Elena's discovery nearly gets her killed, she becomes both the greatest threat to the conspiracy and the only person capable of unraveling it.

Nico needs Elena alive. Elena needs access to his world. Their solution is strictly strategic: a temporary marriage that gives her protection, gives him a reason to keep her close, and gives them both time to find the traitor hiding inside his organization.

There are rules. Separate lives. Separate assets. No expectations beyond the arrangement.

Falling for each other was never one of the terms.

But as suspicion turns to trust and forced proximity becomes something neither of them wants to escape, Elena discovers that the most dangerous thing about Nico Valenti isn't the empire he controls.

It's how safe she feels choosing him.

THE VALENTI TRAP is a steamy dark mafia marriage-of-convenience romance featuring forced proximity, a morally grey protective hero, a fiercely independent heroine, high-stakes betrayal, open-door heat, and a guaranteed HEA.