The Debt of the Surgeon: A Captive Dark Mafia Romance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798183923339)

She was bound by an oath to heal. He was born to destroy.

Dr. Harper Grace was a brilliant, board-certified trauma surgeon until she took the fall for a senior colleague's fatal mistake, stripping her of her license. Now, she operates out of a squalid underground clinic, sewing up street thugs just to survive. But her miserable existence shatters the night Dante is dragged through her doors, bleeding to death from an ambush.

He is the ruthless, newly ascended boss of the city's most dangerous cartel. A paranoiac, cold-blooded dictator built like a tank and covered in scars, he rules with absolute terror. Harper saves his life at gunpoint-and unintentionally seals her own fate.

Forty-eight hours later, her father's $300,000 gambling debt is bought out. By Dante.

He doesn't want cash. He wants her.

Trapped in his heavily fortified mountain estate, Harper becomes his captive, personal physician. Dante establishes a brutal rule: she belongs to him until the debt is paid. But the physical tension inside the pristine medical bay quickly escalates into a dangerous obsession. Dante is entirely fearless in the face of death, but Harper's clinical eye uncovers his only physiological weakness: his heart rate spikes into a violent arrhythmia whenever her bare skin touches his.

When a treacherous turf war poisons Dante and pushes his empire to the brink of collapse, Harper must choose between the strict moral code she clings to, or the terrifyingly protective monster who vows to destroy everyone who ever harmed her.

To save the man who owns her body, she might just have to stain her soul.

The Debt of the Surgeon is a gripping, standalone dark captive mafia romance. It features a fierce, brilliant heroine, a morally grey possessive antihero, and an intense grumpy-versus-sunshine dynamic. Features heavy medical romance themes, forced proximity, and a "touch her and die" protective alpha. Guaranteed HEA.

Author: Elise Corvelle
ISBN-13: 9798183923339
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 06/23/2026
Pages: 444
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.99d