Promised to the Mafia Heirs: a Dark Arranged Marriage Knotting Romance of The

She was promised in a contract.
He was never supposed to want her.
Celia Vaughn has spent her life cleaning up her family’s disasters, but nothing prepares her for the bargain that could decide their future. Years ago, a contract bound her name to one of the most powerful mafia dynasties in the country. Now that debt has come due.
Her husband will be Matteo DeLuca.
Heir to power. Heir to violence. Heir to a legacy built on fear.
Matteo does not want a bride chosen by obligation. Celia does not want a life handed over like property. But if they refuse, two dangerous families could go to war. Their marriage begins as a cold arrangement with sharp rules and guarded hearts, yet living under the same roof quickly turns distance into temptation.
Matteo is arrogant, commanding, and impossible to ignore.
Celia is fierce, proud, and unwilling to break.
As they navigate family politics, public appearances, and enemies eager to exploit weakness, something unexpected begins to form between them. Respect. Heat. Trust. Then a hidden truth changes everything and forces Celia to question whether she was ever really wanted at all.
When danger strikes in the most public way possible, Matteo must choose between power and the woman who has become far more than a promise.
This standalone mafia romance delivers arranged marriage tension, emotional conflict, a dominant alpha hero, and a heroine strong enough to challenge him at every step until love becomes the one thing neither can deny.