Velvet Knives (A Mafia Romance)

Yasmine Moretti was never meant to be loved.
She was meant to be traded.

Married into the Marino empire as part of a cold, calculated deal, Yasmine becomes the silent bride at the side of Salvius Marino, a man forged by violence, loyalty, and blood-soaked legacy. Their marriage is a contract, not a promise. A transaction, not a choice. In his world, power is taken by force. In hers, it is wielded quietly.

What no one knows is that Yasmine Moretti does not belong to any man.

Behind her obedience lives another name.
Another force.
A presence so subtle it reshapes governments without ever being seen.

As desire collides with distrust and the lines between enemy, ally, and husband begin to blur, Yasmine must balance the dangerous intimacy of her marriage with the empire she has built in the shadows. Because Salvius Marino is not the only powerful man in this story. And the most devastating weapons are never the ones held in plain sight.

This is a story about women who are underestimated, men who mistake control for strength, and a bride who learned long ago that velvet hides the sharpest knives.