An Empire Built on Two Graves

Revenge has been Scarlett Salvatore's only certainty for nearly a decade.
The daughter of one of the country's most powerful mafia dynasties, Scarlett has spent years hiding behind designer dresses, whispered rumors, and the illusion of a carefree heiress while secretly preparing for the day she can destroy the man who stole everything from her. Every choice she makes, every fight she enters, every sleepless night has led to a single promise.
Make him pay.
Cade Moretti never expected marriage to become another battlefield.
As the newly appointed head of the Moretti empire, he understands loyalty, power, and sacrifice. When an arranged marriage binds him to the daughter of his family's oldest rivals, he expects politics, resentment, and carefully negotiated peace.
He doesn't expect Scarlett.
Beneath her sharp tongue and carefully constructed walls is a woman willing to burn herself alive if it means taking her enemies with her.
As old betrayals resurface and a ghost from Scarlett's past threatens to plunge two criminal empires back into war, Cade finds himself fighting a battle he never anticipated. Not for power. Not for territory.
But for the future of the woman who no longer believes she deserves one.
Because every empire inherits the blood that built it.
The question is whether love can end a legacy of vengeance... or whether some empires can only stand after two more graves are filled.