Book 3 of 4 Four Husbands and a Bottle of Trouble
 
She thought she'd survived the worst.
 
Rachel walked away from Russell. She survived Clyde. She started over in Tennessee with a corporate job, a quiet life, and the careful belief that the worst was behind her.
 
Then Antonio DeFina walked into her life.
 
Where Clyde was a storm, Antonio is a current. Deep, strong, pulling her under before she realizes she's sinking. He never raises his voice. He never has to. He doesn't ask her to stay; somehow she never leaves. A glance is a command. A word in Italian is a contract. And his world closes around her like the walls of a palace—spun gold, soft whispers, a velvet cage she mistakes for freedom.
 
The Syndicate Executive is book three of Four Husbands and a Bottle of Trouble. A fictionalized memoir of coercive control, mafia power, and the slow education of a woman learning the difference between being chosen and being claimed.
 
Inspired by true events. Soft start. Hard fall.
 
Reader note: Contains depictions of coercive control, captivity, and psychological abuse. Support resources are included.