The Woman Who Negotiated War

"You'll marry him. It's the only way to stop the bloodshed." For fifteen years, Diana Chen has been the best in her field. She walks into violent disputes between criminals and walks out with peace treaties. She's never failed. She's never cared. And she's never gotten personally involved. Then both the Moretti and Russo families demand the same mediator handle the biggest crisis New York has ever seen. A turf war that's cost fifty lives. A conflict that threatens to destroy the entire city. And the only solution both sides will accept is a political marriage between Diana and Alessio Moretti, the ruthless heir to the Moretti empire. Diana agrees to marry a man she's supposed to despise. She expects manipulation, control, and a cold transaction that ends when the war does. She doesn't expect Alessio to be genuinely kind. She doesn't expect him to see her as more than a bargaining chip. She doesn't expect to fall. But Alessio has been watching her for years, waiting for his chance. He wants more than peace in the city. He wants her to choose him freely, even when the contract burns away. As the marriage grows dangerously real and her defenses crumble, Diana discovers a horrifying truth: someone on both sides profits from the war continuing. Someone has been manipulating the violence to keep both families fighting. And when Diana gets too close to the truth, she becomes the biggest target in the city. Now Alessio must choose between his family and the woman he loves. Diana must learn to trust when trust might destroy everything. And both must survive a war that's much deeper and deadlier than anyone realized. She negotiated peace between nations. But can she negotiate her way out of a love that threatens to consume her? Some wars can only be ended by laying down your weapons. Some peace can only be built on love. Theirs? It might just burn the whole city down.