The Cruelest War

GINEVRA

I married the most dangerous man in Naples to save my father's life.

It didn't work.

Now I wear black, I've crossed to the wrong side of a war, and every piece of evidence I have points straight at my husband.

I swore he would never touch me again.

So I go to his enemies. I give them his name. I sleep under a rival's roof and tell myself I don't miss the man on the other side of the wall.

Then he finds me in the dark.

My body has never once listened to my head where he's concerned.

Every night in his arms is a betrayal. Every night without him is worse.

PIETRO

My wife thinks I'm a murderer.

She stood in front of every family in this city and said so. Now Naples is burning, and she's sleeping in my enemy's house.

I'd tear the city down with my bare hands to get her back.

But she taught me something. You can't take a woman like her. You can only wait for her to come to you.

So I keep my word. I hunt the truth. I bleed for both.

Somewhere out there is the man who stole everything from us.

And he's closer than either of us has ever dared to look.

This is the second book in The Darkest Truth Series. Reading order:

The Deadliest Debt.

The Cruelest War.

The Final Claim.

326 pages. Kindle edition.