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She scrubbed their floors yesterday. Today she's wearing his ring. When Chicago's most dangerous playboy demands a bride, he expects the Hewson heiress. What he gets is the servant girl who's been invisible in the same mansion for two years—forced into a wedding dress and an impossible deception to save her imprisoned brother. Alessandro Rosetti has bedded supermodels, senators' daughters, other men's wives. Women beg for his attention; he discards them before breakfast. His arranged marriage is supposed to be simple: claim the bride, secure the alliance, continue his life unchanged. But this trembling woman at his altar stumbles over her own name like it burns her tongue, and her hands have calluses no Swiss finishing school would allow. Because she's never been to Switzerland. She's never been anywhere. Emma has one goal: survive long enough to free her brother. She's supposed to be meek. Forgettable. A placeholder bride until she can disappear. But Alessandro notices everything—the way she knows the constellations like old friends, the nightmares where she screams a name he doesn't recognize, the shirts she steals from his closet when she thinks he's sleeping. He's not sleeping. He's watching. Wanting. Unraveling her lies one stolen kiss at a time. But Alessandro isn't the only one paying attention. His sister circles like a shark scenting blood, asking questions Emma can't answer. And somewhere out there, the real heiressuy7y is plotting her return—with dangerous allies and revenge on her mind. The truth is coming. The only question is whether love can survive it. A scorching dark mafia romance featuring a possessive anti-hero, a heroine hiding in plain sight, and a love story built on beautiful lies. Dual POV with guaranteed HEA. Arranged marriage • Fake identity • Identity swap • Playboy hero • Virgin heroine • Fish out of water in high society • Hidden past & blackmail • Rags to