The Empress (Mafia Empire #4)
Michelle Heard
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
4.09
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 33 ratings · 286 pages · Published: 04 Aug 2025

While visiting family in Italy with my mother, I come face-to-face with Leo Toscano. The head of the Italian mafia, and my worst nightmare.
Let’s get one thing straight. I didn’t know the mafia was a thing until the ruthless man threatens to wipe out my family unless I marry him.
Not having much of a choice, I reluctantly say ‘I do’, and tie myself to the heartless bastard for life.
Turns out he doesn’t want anything to do with me, and I quickly learn the definition of loneliness.
But then secrets begin to come to light, and everything I thought I knew about my life turns out to be a lie.
Now the big, bad mafia boss is the one begging.
How the tables have turned.
STANDALONE: A Mafia Romance full-length novel.
Each book in the Mafia Empire series is interconnected, but about a different couple who will all find their HEA.
Tagged as:
- mafia 7
- arranged/forced marriage 6
- contemporary 5
- m-f romance 5
- abduction 5
- alpha male 5
- age gap 5
- suspense 4
- new adult 4
- dark romance 4
- sweet/gentle heroine 4
- possessive hero 4
- rich hero 4
- tortured hero 4
- take-charge heroine 2
- tortured heroine 2
- bad boys 2
- enemies to lovers 2
- forced proximity 2
- marriage of convenience 2
- sibling's best friend 2
- friends to lovers 2
- vengeance 2
- found family 2
- height difference 1
- grumpy & sunshine 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 4
- graphic violence 3
- mental trauma 3
- Format
- dual pov 4
- first person pov 3
- male pov 2
romance tags
The 'Mafia Empire' series
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