Alessia Ferrari is the Don of the Italian Mafia. Whip-smart and dangerous, she is a woman in a man's world, surviving against all odds. Born and raised to become a lethal killer, even the ground she walks on bows at her feet. She has it all, until that is, her father gives her hand away in marriage. Ace Hernandez is the boss of the American Mafia. He's a cold cruel hearted monster. He knows the game all too well and does whatever it takes to win and if that means breaking someone, he could do that with his eyes closed. Fate is vicious when the two are forced to marry. Will two monsters find solace in each other's arms or will they kill each other? ---------------------------- "I don't recall signing up for strip poker." She replied. Her full lips frowned softly but her eyes were filled with amusement. She knew she couldn't beat me, not at this game. "Are you quitting? Are you a quitter?" I mocked getting under her skin. Her lips twitched before she pursed them tightly. The blues of her eyes deepened and she threw me a dangerous smirk. She shuffled and pulled off one of her sandals. Fuck. So we're doing this the long way. She raised it in the air, dangling it off her finger before tossing it aside. She raised a brow at me, she challenged me. I knew I got under her skin. Just as I had anticipated. -------------------------- BE AWARE: Trigger warnings: MATURE CONTENT 18+ (SMUT) SWEARING VIOLENCE/GUN VIOLENCE SELF HARM/SUICIDE (REFERENCES) EXPLICIT LANGUAGE REFERENCES TO RAPE SMOKING/ALCOHOL/DRUGS BLOOD/DEATH/GORE ©️ All rights reserved ™️ The Walnut Tree BOOK ONE OF THE MAFIA SERIES

Ophelia Delacour is unwilling to return to Beauxbaton after a series of devastating events. Turning to Hogwarts for refuge and answers, she finds something she least expects. Boys were the last thing on her mind. Answers for her mother's death is what she intended to find. But her discoveries will challenge everything she thought she knew. How could someone she loved, be linked to her greatest source of pain? And what will she do if the nightmares don't stop?

"It's not you Pumpkin it's your dad" Ace said with a smirk towering over his prisoner. "Screw you" Jade spat smacking him across the face. His jaw clenched, striding over to her he gripped her throat "You know what happens when people disobey me Pumpkin. Don't you?" She nodded her head still glaring at him... "Bend over... Now" -------------------------- She is the daughter of a mafia leader and he is the leader of one. Jade has been sexually assaulted, beat mentally, physically and emotionally, and degraded her whole life. While Ace is the one doing that to other people. Getting kidnapped especially by the enemy is not something Jade wants But did getting kidnapped save her from the terrible life she used to have?? Will both of them be able to resist the temptation of one another?? Or will they cave in?? --------------------------