Hostile Ties, (Paperback)

<p><strong>She bought his debt. He stole her freedom. Now they have to survive the merger.</strong></p><p>Miriam Hale isn't a victim. She's "The Vulture"-a ruthless Private Equity CEO who guts distressed companies for sport. When she targets Vincetti Shipping, she expects a hostile takeover. She doesn't expect the owner to take it personally.</p><p>Dante Vincetti is the reluctant heir to the city's most dangerous crime family. Trying to legitimize his empire, he sees Miriam's acquisition as a declaration of war. His response? Kidnap the CEO to force a negotiation.</p><p><strong>He thought locking her in his penthouse would break her. He was wrong.</strong></p><p>From inside her gilded cage, Miriam doesn't scream for help-she declares war. Using a burner phone and a brilliant mind for numbers, she financially dismantles Dante's empire from the guest bedroom, freezing his assets and bringing the mafia prince to his knees.</p><p>But when a common enemy threatens to burn them both to the ground, the only way out is a merger of the most permanent kind: <strong>Marriage.</strong></p><p>Bound by a contract written in blood and ink, Dante and Miriam must navigate a union where the boardroom battles are vicious, the bedroom politics are explosive, and the only rule is survival.</p><p><em><strong>Hostile Ties</strong> is a high-octane, enemies-to-lovers mafia romance featuring a heroine who saves herself and a hero who would burn the world down to keep her.</em></p>

• Hostile Ties, (Paperback)
• Author: Silvershade Books
• ISBN: 9798233981425
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-02-18
• Page Count: 278