A Deal With The Mafia King
She chased a rich man for revenge.
She collided with a mafia king instead.
Ophelia Barclay has spent her entire life playing by the rules of a family that never wanted her. Now, after a humiliating betrayal by her fiancĆ© and stepsister days before her wedding, sheās done playing nice. Revenge is the only thing on her mind, and she knows exactly how sheāll get it: find a rich, powerful man who can elevate her beyond the Barclaysā reach, and leave them choking on the dust of her success.
First-class flights become her hunting ground. But when she meets Ludwig Gallo, a man whose presence steals the very air from her lungs, her plans unravel before they even begin. He's everything sheās been looking for: dangerous, devastatingly handsome, and so wealthy it hurts to breathe near him. The problem? He doesnāt even glance her way.
Humiliated and desperate, Ophelia thinks sheās lost everything⦠until fate throws her right into Ludwigās world. Tracking a lost necklace, her most treasured possession, she finds herself sneaking into the heavily guarded Gallo estate, only to be captured by the mafia king himself.
Mistaken for a spy, imprisoned in enemy territory, Opheliaās survival instincts kick in. When Ludwig proposes a deal to pretend to be his girlfriend to silence rumours that have driven his mother into depression, Ophelia sees an opportunity. Sheāll play the doting lover, smile for the cameras, win the favour of one of the most feared families in the underworld⦠and use Ludwig's wealth and power to destroy everyone who wronged her.
But Ophelia didnāt plan on Ludwig being more than just a cold-blooded king. Beneath his ruthless exterior, she finds a man haunted by a violent past.