THE VITALIE SERIES Series by SALLIA THORNE

I was nobody. Just the accountant keeping the books clean. My sister "died" testifying against the mob. I survived by staying invisible. Working eighty-hour weeks. Keeping my head down. Then Gianna Vitale—Matteo's sister, my boss, the woman I've been half in love with for months—made me an offer I couldn't refuse. "Marry me. Become Don. Build an empire. ". She's seven years older. More powerful. More dangerous. More everything. And she wants me. Not because she loves me... moreI was nobody. Just the accountant keeping the books clean. My sister "died" testifying against the mob. I survived by staying invisible. Working eighty-hour weeks. Keeping my head down. Then Gianna Vitale—Matteo's sister, my boss, the woman I've been half in love with for months—made me an offer I couldn't refuse. "Marry me. Become Don. Build an empire. ". She's seven years older. More powerful. More dangerous. More everything. And she wants me. Not because she loves me. Because she's calculated the odds and decided I'm her best investment. Cold. Transactional. A business arrangement. Except Gianna Vitale doesn't do anything halfway. She teaches me the game. How to command respect. How to make men twice my age bend the knee. She stands beside me when I claim my place. Defends me when they question my authority. And at night? She comes to me like I'm the only thing that matters. I tell myself it's just sex. Just part of the deal. But then she looks at me like I'm not broken. Like losing my sister didn't destroy me. Like I'm capable of more than I ever imagined. And I start to believe her. I become the Don she promised I could be. Ruthless. Strategic. Powerful. I take what's mine. Build what's ours. Protect what matters. And somewhere between the board meetings and the bloodshed, between the negotiations and the nights she screams my name—I fall completely, irrevocably in love with my wife. The problem? Gianna doesn't do love. She does loyalty. Strategy. Power. Love is a weakness she can't afford. But I'm not the broken accountant anymore. I'm Don Russo. And I don't accept defeat. So I'll show her. Every day. Every touch. Every choice. That this marriage isn't just business. It's everything. And I'll fight like hell to make her see it. Even if it means gambling everything I've built. Everything I've become. Because Gianna Vitale-Russo is worth the risk. She always has been. THE TWIST? My sister isn't dead. She's alive. In witness protection. With a new name and a family of her own. And now both worlds are colliding in ways that could destroy everything. But I won't let that happen. I've gambled everything on this life. On this woman. On this empire. And I always win. THE ACCOUNTANT'S GAMBLE - Where power meets passion. Book 3 in the Vitale Series. less

I was fifteen when Matteo Vitale killed my father. I was fifteen when my uncle Carlo took me in, trained me, shaped me into a weapon. One purpose. One mission. One reason to. Destroy the Vitale family. Fifteen years of preparation. Fifteen years of waiting. And then I met Nico Vitale. Matteo's cousin. His right hand. His most trusted soldier. The man I'm supposed to destroy. Except Nico doesn't look at me like I'm the enemy. He looks at me like I'm everything... moreI was fifteen when Matteo Vitale killed my father. I was fifteen when my uncle Carlo took me in, trained me, shaped me into a weapon. One purpose. One mission. One reason to. Destroy the Vitale family. Fifteen years of preparation. Fifteen years of waiting. And then I met Nico Vitale. Matteo's cousin. His right hand. His most trusted soldier. The man I'm supposed to destroy. Except Nico doesn't look at me like I'm the enemy. He looks at me like I'm everything. And when he touches me—protective, possessive, reverent—I forget why I'm supposed to hate him. My uncle's plan is seduce Nico, gain access to the family, strike when they're vulnerable. But the more time I spend with him, the harder it gets to remember I'm supposed to be acting. Because Nico Vitale isn't what I expected. He's loyal. Fierce. Damaged in ways that mirror my own. And he sees me. The real me. Not the weapon. Not the revenge plot. Me. When he proposes, I say yes. For the mission. For access. For revenge. Except I'm nine months pregnant at our wedding. And it's his baby. And I'm starting to realize I don't want revenge anymore. I want him. I want this life. I want our child to grow up without the weight of blood feuds and family wars. But my uncle Antonio survived the raid that was supposed to kill him. And he's not finished with the Vitales. He wants blood. He wants war. He wants me to finish what we started. And if I don't? He'll kill everyone I love. Including Nico. Including our unborn child. So I have a. Complete my revenge and lose everything that matters. Or betray my family, my blood, my entire purpose—and pray Nico forgives me when he learns the truth. That I came here to destroy him. That every moment between us started as a lie. That I was never supposed to fall in love with him. But I did. God help me, I did. And now I'll fight like hell to save him. To save us. To save our family. Even if it means facing the monster who raised me. Even if it costs me everything. Because Nico Vitale is worth it. Our baby is worth it. This life—messy, complicated, dangerous—is worth it. And I won't let Antonio take it away. THE RIVAL'S REDEMPTION - Where enemies become everything. The explosive finale of the Vitale Series. less