Going by the title alone, you might presume that this is another josei manga about a young working woman who gets swept up in an unconventional romance with a dashing, wealthy man.
Well...you're half right about that. You're just missing one element: organized crime.
BOSS WIFE (Gokukon: Chodeikiai Yakuza to Keiyaku Kekkon!?), by Mayu Sakurai. First published in 2019 and first published in North America in 2021.
PLOT:
Hasumi just wanted to be an illustrator. Instead she's been hounded day and night by the local yakuza thugs for her father's debts and she's exhausted every option she can think of. By chance she runs into Yamato Kujo, her old high-school crush, and their meeting turns into a one-night stand. That's when Hasumi discovers that Yamato is not just yakuza himself, but the heir to a powerful family. He makes her an offer she can't refuse: in return for clearing her debt, he wants to marry her.
