Veronica Acerbi has spent her life being useful—smiling for cameras, attending political events, and quietly supporting her father's ambitions. But when a powerful ally dies, she learns the truth: her future has already been sold.
Promised to Viktor Orlov, one of Novarra’s most feared crime lords, Veronica is handed over to a convoy of enforcers and sent toward a marriage she never chose.
The journey should be simple.Deliver the bride. Collect the payment.
But as danger closes in from every side, the two men assigned to guard her begin questioning their orders—and Veronica starts to wonder if the safest place in Novarra might be with the very men delivering her to another man’s bed.
