The Last Heir

I went to his brother’s funeral to take a photograph.

I ended up becoming the possession of New York’s most dangerous mafia heir.

My name is Elena Vale. I’m a crime photographer who captures the moments most people are afraid to look at—funerals, murder scenes, and the secrets left behind in blood.

For eight years, I’ve been searching for the truth behind my father’s death. A state prosecutor. A man who died the same night as one of New York’s most powerful mafia bosses.

Everyone called it an accident.

I knew it was a lie.

I thought I was chasing a story.

I was wrong.

I was chasing Alessio Valenti.

The youngest mafia boss in New York. The heir to a criminal empire. A man known for his cold brutality, ruthless ambition, and the bodies left in his wake.

When he catches me photographing his brother’s funeral, I expect a bullet.

Instead, he gives me a choice.

Stay alive. Stay under his protection. And help him find the person who murdered our fathers.

Because our families were never enemies.

They were allies who uncovered a secret powerful enough to destroy them both.

Now I’m trapped inside Alessio’s world—a world of blood debts, rival families, and a mafia war fought in the shadows.

He says I’m a strategic asset.

He says I’m the key to uncovering the truth.

But every time his cold gray eyes meet mine, I know there is something more dangerous happening.

I’m no longer just investigating the man who could destroy me.

I’m falling for him.

Alessio Valenti is a monster. A morally gray antihero who has killed without hesitation and buried his humanity beneath years of violence.

But beneath the crime lord is a man carrying scars no one else has seen.

And the closer I get to the truth, the more I realize the greatest danger isn’t the enemy hunting us.

It’s wanting the one man I should fear.

Because in the world of mafia kings, love is not salvation.

It is obsession.

It is possession.

It is war.

THE LAST HEIR is the first book in the CITY OF KINGS series—a dark mafia romance featuring enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, slow-burn chemistry, forbidden attraction, a ruthless mafia hero, and a deadly conspiracy that threatens an entire criminal empire.

Perfect for fans of Sophie Lark, Cora Reilly, Rina Kent, and dark mafia romance featuring morally gray heroes and strong heroines.