Half a Lifetime Later—My Mafia Princess is Finally Mine

"You were promised to me, Alessia, not even death can change that."

Alessia Capone was born a mafia princess, powerful last name, perfect future and zero control.

At just fourteen, her parents sold her into a blood-soaked engagement with Rino Lombardi, the cold, dangerous heir of Italy’s most feared criminal empire.

He was obsessed from the moment he saw her.

She hated him before he even spoke.

To escape that fate, she ran straight into the arms of another man. A man who turned out to be worse than her worst nightmare.

Now, decades later, Rino Lombardi is back.

Widowed. Ruthless. More powerful than ever.

And still maddeningly obsessed with the one woman who got away.

He made a vow to himself.

If he can’t have her willingly, he’ll burn the world until she begs to come home.

But Alessia is no longer the young girl he once knew. She’s a queen in her own right. She’ll never kneel, never submit, not even to the devil she once escaped.

...Or will she?

Because the man she swore to hate may be the only one she’s ever truly belonged to.

And this time, he’s not asking.

Preface

DEDICATION 🌺

This story is for the women who’ve been told their time has passed.

The ones who’ve been told that love has an expiration date. That passion has a deadline.

I wrote this for you because you still deserve the butterflies. The soft moments and the sinful ones. The second chances and the wild, all-consuming kind of love.

You’re not past your prime, you are the prime and anyone who can’t see that?

They’re not the main characters in this story.

So grab your wine, take off your bra, and settle in.

We’re rewriting the damn narrative.

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DISCLAIMER

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TRIGGER WARNINGS!

The following book contains imagery that some readers may find distressing. This book contains multiple explicit scenes that graphically simulate sexual assault, although every encounter is fully consensual.

•Strong Language

•Graphic Violence and Gore

•Murder/Assassination

•Torture

•Gun Violence

•Explicit Sexual Scenes

This is a dark romance, which means love is messy, pain is part of the journey, and healing comes at a cost. Please take care of yourself while reading, and know that it’s okay to step away if anything becomes too overwhelming.