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Brutal Prince
Brutal Birthright, Book 1
Sophie Lark
Aida Gallo sparks a new war between Chicago's Italian and Irish mafia families when she sets fire to the wrong house. The solution is a marriage treaty with Callum Griffin, the rival heir she has every intention of hating — and possibly poisoning.
Builds steadily through their enemies-to-lovers escalation, with the strongest explicit payoff landing in the middle-to-later sections.
Heat level
Clocked.
the friend who fights with him in the group chat and thinks about it later
Spice type
Relationship structure
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Content notes
Reader fit
This book is great for
Real enemy energy before the softening: mafia-family leverage, a forced marriage, and banter sharp enough to justify a revenge plot.
- wants actual hatred before the falling-for-you part starts
- likes an arranged marriage built on leverage, not vibes
- is ready to binge the rest of a full mafia-romance series
- needs banter sharp enough to leave a mark
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