My Stepsister, My Revenge
For twenty years, the De Santis family was shaped by betrayal.
Samuel de Santis abandoned his wife, Isabella, and their two sons, Marcello and Lorenzo, to start a new life with Silvia. Years later, Samuel died, and Isabella followed after a long illness caused by two decades of heartbreak and abandonment.
Marcello de Santis grew up consumed by the belief that Silvia was responsible for destroying his family. After losing his mother, he vowed to make her pay. His weapon of revenge was her daughter from her previous marriage, Monica de Rossi, because he knew that shattering Monica would mean shattering Silvia.
His plan was simple: get close to Monica, gain her trust, make her fall in love with him, then break her heart and destroy her family from within, taking away everything they have, including their wealth, their empire, and their legacy.
But Monica is not the easy target he thought she would be. She is strong, independent, sharp-minded, and impossible to tame.
When she opens her heart to him, he finds himself trapped between revenge and feelings he never planned to have. What begins as a calculated act of vengeance spirals out of control when he realizes he has fallen in love with the very woman he was meant to destroy.
But their love is far more complicated than either of them expected. She is already engaged to Sam Conti, her childhood friend, and Marcello is the last man Silvia would ever allow into her daughter's life. The man she hates most has become the man Monica can't stop craving.