La novia prohibida del Padrino

The only daughter of a declining mafia family, she is forced to marry her fiancé in order to save the family’s docks. On the eve of the wedding, she discovers that her fiancé has long since betrayed her and intends to hand her over to a rival family in exchange for power. Whilst fleeing, she stumbles into the private quarters of her fiancé’s uncle. That man is the true ruler of the Rossi family—Leon Rossi. He was her fiancé’s uncle, the ‘Godfather of the Black Rose’—a figure feared throughout the underworld. Dangerous, restrained and cool-headed, he never laid a finger on a woman within the family. Yet when Elena burst into his world clad in a bloodstained wedding gown, he broke that rule for the first time. From that moment on, she was no longer merely a fiancée to be traded, but became the central pawn in the struggle between the two families. She sought to uncover the truth behind her father’s death and reclaim the Velo family’s docks; he sought to suppress his desires and keep her alive. Yet the more he protected her, the further he crossed the line; the more he restrained himself, the more dangerous it became. Ultimately, she discovered that the betrothal that truly belonged to her was never with her fiancé, but with that uncle she should never have loved. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)