The most recommended books on forced marriage

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Book cover of Brutal Prince

Helena Newbury Author Of Lying and Kissing

From my list on falling for a mafia boss.

Why am I passionate about this?

Iā€™ve loved the blend of drama and romance that mafia romance brings ever since I read my first one. Itā€™s the larger-than-life heroes: rich, powerful, morally gray but ultimately human and flawed, that draw me in. But itā€™s the heroines who act as these menā€™s sweet kryptonite that keep me reading. Iā€™m also a New York Times and USA Today bestselling romantic suspense author, including the mafia romantic suspenses The Double, Lying and Kissing, Kissing My Killer, and Kissing The Enemy.

Helena's book list on falling for a mafia boss

Helena Newbury Why did Helena love this book?

A good mafia romance is all about family, and thatā€™s what this one delivers in spades: two dysfunctional, squabbling, but ultimately loving mafia families who collide head-on when two of their number are forced to marry.

I loved both of them, even though they were very different: the cool, even cold Irish Mafia Griffins and the chaotic, passionate Italian Mafia Gallos. This is a forced marriage romance with real crackling enemies-to-lovers heat between Callum and Aida, which is exactly how I like it.

And between an election race, the wedding, and enemies vying for power, the plot races along. What I love most about this book is how two mortal enemies change and grow and become a couple you can genuinely see working.

By Sophie Lark,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Brutal Prince as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

They're a match made in Hell.

The Griffins and the Gallos have been battling for control of Chicago's underworld for generations. Their rivalry has always been flammable, but it reignites with a fury when Aida, the youngest and wildest Gallo sibling, crashes a party at the Griffin mansion and accidentally sets fire to the library. To stave off all-out war, her father quickly arranges a marriage between her and Callum Griffin, eldest son and heir to the Irish mafia.

Cold, ambitious, and brutal, Callum is determined to tame his headstrong new bride. But Aida is more than capable of givingā€¦


Book cover of Brutal Prince

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