The Arrangement

A contract signed before they were old enough to refuse.
A legacy too dangerous to walk away from.
A marriage arrangement neither of them wanted, until pretending became the only honest thing left.

When Luca Mancini inherits his father's empire, he expects debts, enemies, and family politics sharp enough to draw blood. What he does not expect is the old agreement waiting inside the will, a formal betrothal tying him to Sofia Ricci, the daughter of his family's most powerful ally.

Sofia has known about the arrangement since she was twelve. She has built a life, a career, and a reputation as a brilliant criminal defence lawyer by refusing to let anyone else define her future. Luca Mancini is just another inherited obligation. One she intends to manage, contain, and escape.

So they make a plan.

Six months. A public engagement. Controlled appearances. A clean ending that protects both families and frees them both.

But Luca is not the man Sofia expected. He listens too carefully, sees too much, and refuses to treat her like a pawn. Sofia is not the woman Luca was prepared for. She is precise, guarded, impossible to manipulate, and far more dangerous to his control than any enemy watching from the shadows.

As family pressure rises and the arrangement becomes impossible to keep at a distance, the line between strategy and desire begins to blur.

They were supposed to fake an engagement.

They were not supposed to choose it.

The Arrangement is Book One in the Sinful Heir series, a dark billionaire mafia romance with arranged marriage, family legacy, slow burn tension, emotional intimacy, and a powerful heroine who refuses to be owned.