The Kingmaker by Marian Black
SANDRO:
They assigned me an idealistic attorney who thinks I belong behind bars. Emilio Rossi walked into my courtroom wearing righteousness like armor and a fading wedding ring tan line that tells me everything I need to know. He’s vulnerable. Brilliant. Completely wrong for defending a man like me.
I should’ve requested different counsel.
Instead, I’m finding excuses to keep him close. Watching him fight for me in court with a fire that makes me want to see what that passion looks like when I strip away all his principles. He thinks he can maintain professional boundaries. He thinks his integrity will protect him from men like me.
He’s wrong.
I’m going to corrupt him. Claim him. Make him mine in every way that matters. And when he finally surrenders—and he will surrender—he’ll realize that loving a monster means becoming one too.
The only question is whether he’ll hate me for it or thank me.
EMILIO:
I took the Vitale case to save my career. Now I’m not sure I’ll survive it with my soul intact.
Alessandro “Sandro” Vitale is everything I’ve spent my legal career fighting against. He’s dangerous, calculating, and guilty of crimes I can’t prove. Defending him should feel like selling out. Instead, it feels like falling.
Every courtroom battle pulls me deeper into his world. Every conversation makes me question the lines I swore I’d never cross. He looks at me like I’m something he wants to own, and God help me, part of me wants to let him.
I know what he is. I know what choosing him will cost. My reputation. My principles. Everything I’ve worked for.
But when he touches me, none of that matters.
He’s breaking down every wall I’ve built, every rule I’ve followed, every certainty I’ve clung to. And the worst part? I’m starting to think that’s exactly where I want to be. Broken open. Completely his.
Even if it destroys us both.
A dark M/M romance where a ruthless mob strategist claims the attorney assigned to defend him. High heat. Morally grey characters. Obsessive love. No cheating. HEA.
Book 1 in the I
