Mafia Don's Broken Bride: An Age Gap Fake Marriage Mafia Romance

I was never supposed to be his wife.

When my perfect older sister flees her arranged marriage, my father shoves me in her place—offering me up like a pawn to Dario Costa, the most feared Mafia Don in Philadelphia. Cold, ruthless, and eleven years my senior, he takes one look at me and sees nothing but a broken substitute.

A wife unworthy of him.

He refuses to annul the marriage but makes his stance clear—this will never be real. No love. No future. Just a one-year arrangement to save his reputation. But the more I push, the more possessive he becomes. The more I fight, the harder he holds on. Until one night changes everything.

Then, someone tries to kill me.

At first, Dario thinks I’m just an inconvenience—until the first assassin comes for me. Until my survival becomes a threat. Until the secrets I was never meant to know start to unravel.

Dario swears I mean nothing to him, but his rage turns deadly. His touch turns possessive. And just when I think I might finally belong to him, a baby appears on our doorstep.

A baby from his past.

A baby that could derail everything… or finally make him realize I was never meant to be his temporary wife at all.