The Third Way
A Dark Mafia Romance of Power, Corruption, and Forbidden Desire (City of Pawns Book 1)
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Publisher Description
She was hired to destroy a mafia king.
He was waiting for her to try.
Vivienne Hart built her career on impossible cases.
A Harvard Law graduate. A former Department of Justice prosecutor. New York’s most feared corporate crisis lawyer.
She has made a name exposing powerful men who thought they were untouchable.
So when an anonymous client offers five times her usual fee to investigate money laundering at DeLuca Maritime, Vivienne sees another opportunity to bring the powerful to justice.
She should have known better.
Because Adrian DeLuca is not just a billionaire shipping magnate.
He is the undisputed king of New York’s most powerful crime family.
A man politicians fear. Rivals obey. Enemies never survive.
And within hours of opening her investigation, Adrian knows exactly who sent her.
Most men like Adrian DeLuca would make her disappear.
Instead, he sends her a file.
Her father’s death certificate.
And a warning:
The truth she is searching for will get her killed.
As Vivienne digs deeper into a world of corruption, betrayal, and blood-soaked secrets, she discovers the impossible.
Adrian DeLuca is not the monster she was hired to expose.
He is the only person standing between her and the people who destroyed her family.
Now hunted by enemies powerful enough to erase entire lives, Vivienne is forced into an alliance with the mafia king she came to investigate.
An alliance that becomes far more dangerous than either of them expected.
Because Adrian does not ask.
He takes.
And once he decides something belongs to him...
He protects it with everything he has.
Between Manhattan’s elite power circles and Brooklyn’s bloodstained docks, their search for the truth awakens a forbidden attraction neither can control.
But when secrets are revealed and loyalties collapse, Vivienne must choose:
Trust the mafia king who could destroy her.
Or walk away from the only man willing to burn the world down to keep her alive.
THE THIRD WAY is the first book in the CITY OF PAWNS series—a dark mafia romance featuring a ruthless mafia king, a brilliant lawyer heroine, enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, forbidden attraction, political corruption, dangerous secrets, and a possessive alpha hero.
Perfect for fans of Sophie Lark, Cora Reilly, Rina Kent, and dark mafia romance with powerful heroines and morally gray heroes.
Customer Reviews
Had high hopes
The plot sounds excellent and had so much potential, but unfortunately the formatting made the book really difficult to read. When downloaded, the punctuation was often in the wrong places, and it was sometimes difficult to tell when the dialogue had switched from one speaker to another.
The overall layout and formatting were quite poor, which made the story confusing at times and took away from the reading experience. I think the book would benefit greatly from a thorough formatting and proofreading review, as the plot itself is very promising.