{"product_id":"the-kingpins-contract-alisson-bento-9798241353955","title":"The Kingpin's Contract: A Marriage of Convenience Mafia Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe didn't ask for my hand. He acquired my life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI was the negative space.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a curator, my job was to be invisible. To let the art speak while I faded into the beige walls of the gallery. I was good at it. I was safe. Until the night Mikhail Thorne walked in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe didn't look at the paintings. He looked at me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMikhail is a ghost story whispered in the city's darkest boardrooms. A billionaire fixer with a chaotic past and a ledger dripping in red. When he decides I'm a target for his enemies, he doesn't ask if I want protection. He boxes up my life, cancels my lease, and moves me into his fortress in the sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe calls it protection. I call it a cage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe thinks he owns me. He thinks I'll be a docile little bird in his gilded tower. But he forgot one thing: I know how to read the fine print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf he wants to write the rules of my captivity, I'm going to edit them. With green ink.\u003cbr\u003eI negotiate for my freedom. I trade silence for secrets. I turn his security team into my staff and his penthouse into my war room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as we hunt the men hunting me, the lines on our contract begin to blur. His possession turns into obsession. My resistance turns into need. And when the city burns around us, I realize the safest place in the world isn't behind a locked door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's standing right next to the monster who holds the key.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey say art is a lie that tells the truth. But this? This is a contract signed in blood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE KINGPIN'S CONTRACT\u003c\/b\u003e is a high-heat, high-tension romantic suspense about a possessive anti-hero and the hyper-competent heroine who brings him to his knees. No cheating, no cliffhanger, and a hard-earned Happily Ever After.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTROPES \u0026amp; THEMES: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePossessive Alpha Hero\u003c\/b\u003e (He keeps what he catches)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCompetence Porn\u003c\/b\u003e (Smart characters solving problems)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eForced Proximity\u003c\/b\u003e (Trapped in a penthouse)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarriage of Convenience \/ Contract Relationship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt World \u0026amp; Heist Elements\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Touch Her And Die\" Energy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlow Burn with High Tension\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorkplace\/Boss Dynamics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alisson Bento\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798241353955\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.24d","brand":"Alisson Bento","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664887746815,"sku":"9798241353955","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-kingpins-contract-alisson-bento-9798241353955","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}