MERCILESS HUSBAND: A Forced Marriage, Ruthless Mafia Heir, Neurodivergent Bride Romance

He expected a frightened bride who would learn to disappear. She had spent her whole life refusing to.Selene Marlowe has always been underestimated - managed, spoken over, decided for. When her father's gambling debt comes due at over three hundred thousand dollars, the Falcone family offers a way out that isn't really a choice at all: her hand in marriage, in exchange for his life.Then one wedding-night promise changes everything she thought she understood about the man she married.Because Nico Falcone isn't just collecting a debt. And the deal that bound them together is hiding a secret that could unravel both of their lives.Nico has never let anyone close enough to matter - not since the night his father died protecting someone he loved more than the rules that ran his empire. He didn't plan on a wife who corrects his men's arithmetic to her own detriment, who tells him the truth even when it costs her, who makes him want the one thing he swore he'd never risk again.As danger closes in from a rival family with its own claim on her, Nico and Selene have to decide whether the marriage that started as a transaction is worth burning down an empire to protect.A deeply emotional standalone story of trust, obsession, and choosing each other on purpose - with a guaranteed HEA.Perfect for fans of dark, protective mafia heroes and heroines who save themselves.Scroll up and start reading today.