Marcello DeLuca by Shani Greene-Dowdell

Growing up, Marcello thought Alfonso DeLuca was his elusive uncle who continuously found himself on the outside of the family’s graces. He never knew he was part of the man’s direct bloodline as his son. Raised by caring and sensible Ramani DeLuca, Marcello had a sense of belonging, but he always felt a part of himself was somewhere out there, missing.
As the new capo of his city, he doesn’t have time to look for missing pieces of himself. He has a family name to protect, and the woman he has loved since the first time he laid eyes on as a teenager has a formidable enemy after her inherited fortune.
This enemy has devised a plan to get the money, by either marrying her into their family or taking her out. But Marcello is nothing like his sperm donor. Losing the other beat of his heart is nonnegotiable, so welcome to the war of all wars.