Ava Cross was never meant to be the bride. Forced to replace her runaway sister, she walks into a marriage with Leo Moretti, the most dangerous heir in the mafia world. Everyone sees her as a disposable pawn, but on their wedding night, Ava proves she is anything but helpless. As Leo begins to uncover the truth behind her erased past, he discovers that his quiet substitute bride may be the missing queen of Black Rose, a secret underground power feared by every family in the city. Their marriage starts as a deal, turns into a war of trust, and becomes a dangerous alliance against the people who betrayed both of them. To uncover the truth behind her mother’s death, Ava must face the Cross family that sold her, the Moretti elders who want her destroyed, and the hidden traitor buried inside Leo’s world. But the deeper Leo falls for her, the more he realizes one thing: he didn’t marry a victim. He married a queen.
