Johnny's Bombshell (The Famiglia book 3)

Forget the candles—he’s ready to blow out her innocence instead

Johnny
My uncle claims the gorgeous prostitute he dropped off as my month-long birthday present is being paid extra to act like a virgin, but it seems like the exact opposite to me. No way this girl’s as experienced as they’re both saying.

Not that I mind. Nope. Not one bit.

In fact, I’m going to let her keep up the pure and innocent act for another few weeks because, why the hell wouldn’t I? Plenty of other options for her to keep me… entertained.

After spending my days trying to dismantle the Galliano Famiglia’s empire, then walking in the door to her homecooked Italian meals for dinner and her arms and legs wrapped around me for dessert, I’m left with only one when this month is up, how do I get her to stay?

Lyndie
My family sent me to live with my aunt in Rome when I was nine to protect me from Chicago’s mafia violence. They visit all the time, but it’s never enough. So when my security liaison agreed to help me sneak back to Chicago to surprise my mom, of course I hopped on that plane!

Only, it was a set up.

And now Joey Bags, head of the rival Famiglia, is giving me an impossible pretend to be his nephew’s plaything for a month or else my little brothers will pay the ultimate price. And just like that, my lifelong dream of having a perfect-mafia-wife-future vanishes.

Except that nephew? He’s not the gross and pathetic loser I expected. No. It’s my brother’s ex-best friend, who also happens to be the only crush I’ve ever had. As obsessed with him as I was, he barely knew I existed ten years ago, and he clearly doesn't recognize me now, all grown up.

Now I have to play along with Joey Bags’ awful plan so that he’ll send me back to Rome with no one else even knowing I was here. I will do whatever it takes to get on that plane.

85K words; dual POV, spicy mafia romance featuring a possessive, morally grey alpha male and a rival family’s treasured princess he was never supposed to touch. Forced proximity, secret identity, rival/ex-best friend’s little sister. Interconnected standalone with a HEA (but reads better as the third book in the series).