Two rival mafia syndicates have been locked in a cold war for decades: the Italians and the Russians. Aria Moretti, the Principessa of the Cosa Nostra—widely known as the Italian Mafia—has been trained for years to be a tactician: emotionally cold, raised to lead, but denied her birthright because of her gender. Mikhail “Misha” Volkov rules as the Pakhan of the Russian Bratva, lifelong enemies of the Italians. However, the abrupt death of the Italian Don—Aria’s father, Don Salvador Moretti—leaves Aria, his only heir, vulnerable. To secure the Cosa Nostra, she must get married. Unwilling to marry one of her father’s Capos, Matteo Romano, a man more dishonourable than a snake—Aria seeks help from the one person she hates more than anything. Mikhail agrees to marry Aria under contracted terms. They both benefit from the alliance—he gains access to the resources of the Italians, and she gets to assert herself among top-tier people and prove her capability to rule. In a year, they’ll divorce. He will have secured more power through the alliance, and she will finally be able to rule the Cosa Nostra as her father intended. Only... feelings always complicate even the most calculated plans.