The Ghost's Embrace

Marrying Simon Riley was never my choice-it was fate, carved into the bloodstained ledgers of London's underworld long before I had a say. As the daughter of my father's right-hand man, I always knew duty came first. But becoming Mrs. Riley? That was an entirely different kind of weight.

Simon, the youngest mafia boss London has ever seen, is a ghost in my home-a man shaped by betrayal and loss. His first wife ran, leaving behind nothing but a shattered family and a six-year-old son. Now, it's my turn to navigate the icy walls around his heart, to exist in the space between his indifference and his rage.

But time is slipping through my fingers. A rival mafia is circling, threatening the fragile family I've barely begun to piece together. The stakes have never been higher. I have a choice-rise to the occasion or fall before I even get the chance.

In a world where the higher you climb, the harder you fall, can I thaw the heart of Hades himself? Or is Simon Riley destined to remain in darkness forever? Will I be his persephone?