The Spy’s Bargain: A Sicilian Mafia Spy Romance

She came to Palermo to map his criminal world.He discovered her cover before she ever entered the room.Keira Russo has spent seven years becoming whoever an operation requires. As an FSB field operative, translator, and consultant, she knows how to move between languages, identities, and loyalties without losing control of the mission.Her assignment in Sicily should be simple: identify the channels connecting Russian capital to the Marino Syndicate and deliver a map her superiors can use.The final piece of that map is Lev Amato.Half Russian and half Sicilian, Lev has spent twelve years managing the Syndicate's most sensitive international relationships. He understands both sides of every negotiation, notices every false note, and built the financial architecture Keira was sent to uncover.He also knows exactly what she is.Instead of exposing her, Lev invites her deeper.One private meeting becomes another. Professional conversations continue over cold terraces, quiet dinners, and rooms where every translated word carries a second meaning. The more Keira learns about the structure, the more she understands the man who built it.But her report is still waiting.Her handler wants the full map. Her uncle occupies the one gap she has been ordered not to examine. And trusting Lev could compromise far more than her mission.Neither of them can abandon the work that made them who they are.To remain together, they must build something capable of holding both worlds without forcing either of them to surrender.The Spy's Bargain is Book Two in Russian Roulette, an interconnected mafia romance series featuring morally grey heroes, highly competent heroines, dangerous secrets, and love stories built between equals.