He bought her debt. She was never supposed to cost him everything.
One signature. That was all it took to save her family and lose herself.
Aria knew what the Morettis were before she walked into that room. Everyone in the city does. You do not ask what happens behind those doors. You do not look at the man at the head of the table. And you never, ever sign anything he puts in front of you.
She signed anyway.
Damiano Moretti has buried a brother, inherited an empire, and spent his life making certain no one ever sees him bleed. He does not want a wife. He wants a debt collected, a problem contained, and a woman who understands exactly what she is: an asset with a name on a page.
Then she looks him in the eye and does not flinch.
She should be terrified. She should be counting the days until the contract ends. Instead she is learning his silences, finding the cracks in the coldest man in the city, and discovering that a woman with nothing left to lose is the most dangerous thing in any room.
But the deeper she goes, the clearer it becomes that Damiano does not sit at the top of anything. Someone drafted the terms. Someone has been choosing heirs on paper for decades. And when that truth surfaces, the only question left is whether a contract signed in fear can hold against a family that wants them both erased.
He owns her on paper.
She owns him in every way that will actually get him killed.
A dark mafia romance with a ruthless antihero, a heroine who refuses to break, forced proximity, a marriage of convenience, and an obsessive love that neither of them survives intact.
The Devil's Contract is a standalone romance with a guaranteed happily ever after and no cheating. Closed door intimacy with strong sensual tension. Contains graphic violence, on page murder, kidnapping, references to parental death, and organized crime themes. Approximately 63,000 words. Series threads continue in The Devil's Ledger.
