Cruel Empire

A BELLA J ARCHIVE EXCLUSIVE ⚜️ Available Exclusively Through The Bella J Store ⚜️ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Royal Empire series - Book one  (Previously published as 'Mafia Princess.')   Rules. I'm starting to think I have a natural talent for breaking them. I hate rules. Always have. Especially since they've been shoved down my throat my entire life. I didn't ask to be a Valenti. I didn't ask to be part of this world. And I sure as hell didn't ask to live by their rules. Years ago, I broke one of my family's most sacred laws. It was a mistake. The kind you don't realize you're making until it's already too late. The problem with mistakes is that they always come back to collect. You can bury them. Hide them. Pretend they're forgotten. But sooner or later, every sin demands payment. I've spent years waiting for mine. Then Detective Lorik Stone walked into my life. Sinfully gorgeous. Dangerously persistent. Completely off-limits. And while I'm sitting across from him in an interrogation room, I can't stop thinking about all the rules I've spent my life breaking... and the fact that I'm about to break another one.   Tropes: • Mafia Romance • Forbidden romance • Detective hero • Mafia princess heroine • He shouldn't want her Heat rating:  🌶️🌶️🌶️/5 Series reading order: Cruel Empire Savage Empire Dark Empire 📖 This is a digital ebook. Delivery is handled through BookFunnel. A download email will be sent immediately after purchase. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Note from Bella This title is part of the Bella J Archive—a collection of exclusive stories from my backlist that are no longer available through Amazon, Kindle Unlimited, Apple Books, Kobo, or other retailers. Please note that this is a digital ebook and will be delivered electronically after purchase. The Bella J Archive is my way of preserving the stories that helped build my career. While my writing, storytelling, and style have evolved over the years, these books remain an important part of my journey and the foundation of the worlds and characters many readers have come to love. If you've ever been curious about the stories that came before my newer releases, the Archive offers a chance to explore a piece of Bella J history that can no longer be found anywhere else. Because this is a digital product, all sales are final. Ebooks cannot be returned, exchanged, or refunded. Thank you for being part of this journey. — Bella J