Hostage to Her Enemy: A sizzling kidnap, enemies-to-lovers and forced proximity mafia romance

From Publishers Weekly Bestselling Author Michelle Smart

When you’ve nothing left to lose, you’ve nothing left to fear…
Except maybe your heart.

Mattia Esposito is the most dangerous of wounded animals. The cold and ruthless boss of the Esposito cartel has lost everything. His empire’s been taken, his mother’s a hostage, his family broken. Elvira Ranieri’s been watching him for weeks, convinced he’s plotting his revenge. What she doesn’t know is that she’s to be the bait in his vengeance, not until Mattia takes her as his hostage.

Mattia’s going to take back everything he’s lost. He will give Elio Ranieri forty-eight hours to comply with his demands, or Elio’s precious sister will never see the light of day again. But Mattia’s underestimated the beautiful, sexy-as-sin Elvira, and when she produces a gun of her own, what should have been a simple hostage situation becomes a high-stakes battle of wills in which there can only be one winner.

Locked away alone together and with the charged sexual chemistry between them strong enough to taste, a different kind of battle breaks out… one that could be the ruin of them both…

Hostage to Her Enemy is a spicy, full-length contemporary romance that’s perfect for lovers of morally grey, unrepentantly alpha heroes and the heroines who bring them to their knees.

Book 4 in The Esposito Legacy, a continuation of The Martinelli Wedding series.


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