Ruthless Silence: A Mute Hero Mafia Romance (The Rosetti Family Chicago Book 1)

She learned sign language for one reason: to make absolutely certain he understands why she's going to kill him.

Ten years ago, Dante Rosetti lost his voice the same night Ana Moretti lost everything. Now Chicago's most feared enforcer communicates in two languages — the silent precision of ASL and the brutal poetry of violence. He commands an empire without uttering a single word, and every man in the Rosetti family trembles when those hands move. What none of them know is that their monster is about to meet the one woman who isn't afraid of him.

Ana has spent a decade sharpening herself into a weapon. She memorized every sign, every gesture, every nuance of Dante's silent world — not out of love, but out of revenge. Their arranged marriage is simply her best opportunity to finish what she started. Close enough to strike. Close enough to make it count.

Except when she makes her move at the altar, Dante doesn't punish her. He doesn't expose her. He simply watches her with those dark, unreadable eyes like she's the most interesting thing he's encountered in years.

That look is more dangerous than any threat he could have signed.

Set against the brutal glamour of Chicago's criminal underworld, *Ruthless Silence* is a dark, slow-burn arranged marriage romance where hatred is the only honest language two broken people share — until silence starts saying something neither of them expected.

Some love stories begin with words. This one begins with war.