Alexi Kostrov never meant to hurt her.
But Aurelio Dinelli did.

Eloise Lombard was never meant to escape the night Aurelio planned.
He intended her to run -- to break -- and to end up in his hands.
Instead, she fled straight into the path of the Bratva's most dangerous son.

Alexi was the weapon.
She was the target.
And when the truth shatters the lie she was trapped in, Eloise is left terrified, alone, and carrying the child forced on her the night Aurelio set his plan in motion.
Hunted by the Mafia and marked for a future she doesn't understand, she turns up on Alexi's doorstep with nowhere else to go.

Now Alexi has two choices:
Hand her back to Aurelio Dinelli --
or marry her and make the Bratva protect what he broke.

His brothers think he'll destroy her. He knows they're right. A man raised in violence doesn't get to shelter something innocent without scarring it in the process.
But Eloise needs protection. His unborn child needs a father. And Alexi will set the entire underworld on fire before letting Aurelio take what is now his.

Book One of the Tangled Empires series -- a complete, brutal, and emotionally satisfying arc with no cliffhanger.

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• RomanceContemporary
• RomanceMafia Romance
• RomanceAlpha Male

• Publication Date: June 10, 2025
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• Print Length: 436 Pages
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