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

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑫𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒂 𝑯𝒂𝒅 𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝒆𝒎 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒊 𝑲𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒏𝒂 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒊 𝑩𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝑯𝒂𝒅 𝑨 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝑾𝒂𝒔 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑶𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑺𝒉𝒖𝒃𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂 𝑯𝒂𝒅 𝑨 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒂 𝑾𝒂𝒔 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑬𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑲𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒔 𝑬𝒏𝒅𝒔 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒔 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒖𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒊 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑨𝒓𝒋𝒖𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝑶𝒇 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒔 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒂'𝒔 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑮𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒓 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑲𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒔 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 ? 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑶𝒓 𝑵𝒐𝒕 ?

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