When shy, soft-spoken model Cristina Rossi agrees to attend a Manhattan charity gala, she has no idea she's walking straight into the path of Matteo DeLuca, the ruthless heir to New York's most powerful crime family. Matteo needs a wife to claim his empire. Cristina needs a way to forget the scars of her past. But when their worlds collide, his obsession with her becomes dangerous...and irresistible. In a city built on secrets, loyalty, and blood, Cristina will learn that love can be the most dangerous addiction of all, and Matteo will learn that even a king can kneel when the right woman looks him in the eye. A dark mafia romance about possession, redemption, and the kind of love that burns too bright to survive unscathed.

He wasn't my savior. He was my cage dressed as protection. After my brother's death, I became heir to Italy's most feared mafia empire - fragile, watched, and drowning under expectations I never asked for. My father assigned me a guardian: Luca Ardan, loyal, quiet... and terrifyingly obsessed. They call him my protector. But his devotion feels more like control. Anyone who gets too close to me disappears - swiftly, silently, without a trace. Luca doesn't guard me from danger. He creates it, just to be the one to save me. And I can't decide what's more dangerous - his love, or the way I can't stop craving it.

📖 Revised Edition: New chapters and revisions have been added throughout the story. Dr. Selena Carter never asked to be part of the mafia world-but when her father's mistakes catch up to him, she finds herself in the hands of Dante De Luca, a ruthless Philadelphia crime boss with no patience for complications. He's cold Controlled Deadly She's everything he never expected. What begins as protection quickly spirals into something far more dangerous. trust, desire, and a love neither of them ever planned for. He was never supposed to fall for her.But she became the one thing he couldn't let go. She Was His To Keep

She lived in chains of pain. He found life in her touch. Thirteen was the age innocence was stolen from her, replaced by wounds no one else could see. Kristine Mayumi Ruivivar carried scars. Hindi lang sa katawan kundi pati sa kanyang puso. Sa kamay ng kinagisnang ama, natutunan niyang mabuhay sa takot at pananahimik. Konrad Adrián Cardinal never cared about anyone. Power and control were all he wanted. But the moment he first saw her at eighteen, something inside him snapped. From that day, she became his silent obsession. What began as a need to protect turned into something far more dangerous. He wanted her. He needed her. And in a world where chains can either break or bind... Konrad would rather be chained forever by her touch. Dark Romance | Mafia Series Book One of Blood Throne Series. Story and characters © Chiel | 2025 Published under Wattpad username: @kwinchiel

Danielle Carter thought her biggest challenge was surviving her final year of high school-until she bumped into Lorenzo Russo. At 25, Lorenzo is everything she should avoid: dominant, possessive, and dangerously tied to the Italian mafia. Yet, his world pulls her in, igniting a passion she can't escape. As Danielle tries to balance her ordinary life with the intensity of Lorenzo's, her best friend Jasmine crosses paths with Damien, Lorenzo's loyal and equally dangerous right-hand man. Sparks fly between them, but the deeper they get involved, the darker the shadows around them become. Enemies lurk, secrets unravel, and loyalty is tested at every turn. Lorenzo will stop at nothing to keep Danielle safe, but with his enemies closing in, their love may come at a cost neither of them are prepared to pay. Will Danielle embrace the dangerous passion that binds her to Lorenzo? Or will the darkness of his world tear them apart before their story even begins?