To Have & To Hate (A Very Italian Scandal Book 1)

Returning to her stepfather's sun-drenched Italian castello is the last thing Ivy Amis wants—until her beloved charity's survival depends on the inheritance locked inside those ancient walls.

She arrives prepared for tension, prepared for family politics, even prepared for the crushing weight of old wounds. What she is not prepared for is Giaco Tavian. Her stepbrother is all sculpted arrogance and dangerous charm, the kind of man who makes every room feel smaller and every heartbeat feel louder. And according to the terms of their inheritance, the only way either of them collects is if they marry each other.

Giaco has spent years engineering his revenge against a father who deserves every bit of it. Wedding the infuriatingly principled, achingly beautiful Ivy is simply the final move in a game he's already won—or so he tells himself. He hasn't accounted for the scorching, inconvenient chemistry that crackles between them the moment their forced proximity begins.

Set against the lavish backdrop of Italian estates and high-society scandal, *To Have & To Hate* is a darkly sensual marriage-of-convenience romance that burns from the very first page. Two people bound by hatred, family secrets, and a contract neither wanted discover that the line between loathing and longing is devastatingly thin.

When a marriage built on strategy starts feeling dangerously real, both Ivy and Giaco must decide what they're truly willing to surrender—and what they cannot afford to lose.