Running from hell isnʼt easy. Especially when someoneʼs dragging you back down into it. Belligerent, brash and always in shades of black, Freya is hardly a lady. Hidden away by her father, sheʼs lived a normal life despite being born into the dark waters of New Yorkʼs underworld. Heʼs cold, cruel and calculating, with a proclivity for destruction. Feared by even Made Men, Torren is the boss of the stateʼs most leachorous crime syndicate. Freya hates his crudity and possessiveness, but she canʼt deny the way her breath hitches at his rough touch, the deep timbre of his voice, and his dark, heated gaze. Torren hates her disobedience, her recklessness, and her chaos. To him, sheʼs only something to be tamed. And after he slips a ring on her hand, snatching away her future, she makes only one vow---to become his biggest torment.

--- ✧･ﾟ: 𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓦𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓑𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓭 :･ﾟ✧ "Everything isn't what it seems... not even them." --- ☠️ 𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐒: 𝓓𝓱𝓻𝓾𝓿 𝓜𝓪𝓵𝓱𝓸𝓽𝓻𝓪 - A name that smells of danger. Blood on his hands. Power in his veins. A CEO with a criminal empire that bows only to him. He doesn't fall in love. He makes people fall to their knees. --- 🩶 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐒: 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓹𝓪𝓷 𝓢𝓪𝓱𝓪𝔂 - Quiet, graceful, unreadable. A medical student with steady hands... and secrets sharp enough to cut through lies. She looks like innocence- but she knows what sin tastes like. --- 💍 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐆𝐄: A favor. A trap. A spark in the middle of gunfire. He marries her to keep control. She says yes to survive. Now they're bound by a ring of fire, and every heartbeat pulls them deeper into a love that shouldn't exist. --- 🔥 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑? What they don't know about each other. --- ⚠️ 𝐃𝐇𝐑𝐔𝐕-𝐒𝐓𝐘𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 ⚠️ You're stepping into a world where love burns, lust bleeds, and mercy doesn't exist. ☠️ Graphic Violence 🖤 Obsession & Manipulation 🔥 Explicit Scenes & Strong Language 💣 Power Games & Dark Secrets No fairytales. No safety. Just chaos wearing the mask of love. --- 🔞 𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 18+ ONLY If you stay, don't complain when you get burned. ---

"𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐲." ~ Marriage was never for love-it was for legacy. A strategy. A performance. And for the Lombardis and the Morettis, it was the most calculated, showstopping alliance of the century. Roman Moretti, Don of the La Cosa Nostra, and Angeline Lombardi, only daughter of the French-Italian Mafia Capo, had been betrothed since her birth --matched to unite two empires under one crown. Hidden from the world, Angeline was raised to be the perfect wife. Groomed. Silenced. Controlled. She learned early that one misstep would strip her of everything-including her name. Everyone's first mistake? They underestimated her. Though no one had ever seen her, the world assumed the Lombardi Princess was a polished doll. Quiet. Disposable. Roman saw the marriage as a formality-another calculated step toward total dominance. He had no plans to love her. No plans to live with her. Just a wife on paper, tucked away from him elsewhere, summoned when needed for appearances. But everything changed the moment he saw her walking down the aisle. She was perfection. Untouchable. She would be his ruin, his weakness, his obsession, his motivation. His everything. But what if that had been her plan all along? Not everything buried stays dead. Not every identity is what it seems. In a world where saints become monsters and monsters are worshipped like gods, Angeline must decide what's worth saving: her bloodline, her love, or herself. ~ -HEA -18+ -Romance/mystery/thriller -No Cheating/OWD -DARK ROMANCE "OMYGOSH. This book was immaculate. I could NOT put it down at all. Every chapter was AMAZING, the writing is shakespears work and each chapter made me laugh, smile, cry so much and this whole thing was a rollercoaster of emotions." -@Sunfloweraate8

The story of a woman who is fated to marry a powerful mafia boss in order to bind two families together Viviana, a 21-year-old Italian mafia princess, is temperamental and can't stand fuck boys. She never wanted to be confined by her father's world, but there are a few benefits. She knows how to use a gun. Lorenzo, 26, is the head of his family, taking over his father's position at the age of 22. He's the typical playboy flirt who always wears his famous smirk. He's the life of the party, but when it comes to his work, he'll destroy anything that gets in his way. Neither family can claim to be the most successful underground mafia family; the Moretti and De Luca families are tied for second place. However, they intend to change that. Knowing that connecting the families will strengthen them. Will Viviana allow her father to make a life-changing decision for her? And will Lorenzo abandon his player ways for the traditional life of a married man?

"𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚." Olivia groaned and crossed her arms, standing her ground. "Don't tell me what to do. You're not my dad." Amusement filled Santino's gaze as he stood up, abandoning the papers he desperately needed to read and sign. Yet, all that was forgotten as her bewitching lips protruded. "I might not be your dad but," a midnight lock of hair was pinned behind her ear, "I can be your papi." Shuddering, her body drew closer to him, betraying her mind. "You're sick." Taking the nape of her neck, Santino leaned down, his lips brushing against her ear. "Yet you still dream about my touch, don't you, principessa?" ❦ When Santino Adriano discovers that the Bratva has betrayed their neutrality by secretly working with his family's enemies, he's determined to send a brutal message that cannot be ignored. His target? The Bratva kingpin's sister, Olivia Morozov-a sheltered girl who knows little to nothing about the dark underworld her family controls, having been shielded from the darker truths of her family's empire her entire life. Fresh out of boarding school and blissfully oblivious to the power struggle boiling beneath her feet, Olivia is suddenly whisked away from everything she's ever known and thrust into a world where loyalty is weaponised and power is the ultimate prize. As secrets and long-buried lies unravel around her, she realises she's caught in a game where the unrelenting fight for power holds more value than human lives-including her own. Santino is cold, calculating, and relentless - everything Olivia should fear. Yet, she is intrigued by by his deadly nature. The line between fear and attraction is thin, and like a moth to a flame, she seeks him out, unafraid of the burn it may cause. She's never known anyone like him-an older, dangerous man who makes her question everything she thought she knew about desire. Olivia just didn't expect her captor to be so handsome.

⚠️ Warning ⚠️ Strong language, violence, murder, sexual content. A Dark Mafia Romance. ~ Aemilio, the brutal Brazilian mafia boss, is feared by all and loved by none. His power is unmatched, and his ruthlessness makes him a living nightmare. But when he seizes Evangelina, a fiery beauty caught in his brother's dangerous obsession, a deadly game begins-one where desire and violence intertwine. Trapped in Aemilio's twisted world, Evangelina must tread carefully, for one wrong move could cost her life. Yet as the darkness of his empire closes in, a forbidden love sparks between them. "You think you can control me?" Evangelina spat, defiant, yet unable to ignore the attraction that pulled her closer to the monster she feared. Aemilio smirked, his gaze cold. "Control? I own you." In a game of power, betrayal, and passion, can their love survive the storm, or will it be the very thing that destroys them all?

Isabella is desperate for her own independence, but her overprotective father stands in the way of her future. When she demands that she attends a University two hundred miles away from her home, her father only has one exception; a bodyguard. Elio is dedicated to his career to honour his late sister, but when he owes a favour to an ex-mafia boss, he takes body-guarding to a completely new level. Isabella is reckless and likes to push her bodyguards limits. Elio has zero patience and a desire to punish his client. When things start to get heated and unexpected feelings get in the way, their forbidden relationship becomes a distraction when Isabella's life is on the line. Elio is desperate to not let down another important woman in his life. But he can't save everyone, including his own bleeding heart. Tropes: - Mafia Romance - Bodyguard - Age-gap (8 years - FMC is 21 and MMC is 29) - Forbidden Love - Brat FMC/Grumpy MMC - Light BDSM (sub/dom vibes) - Size difference (5'4 & 6'6) - University/College Setting - Past Trauma/Healing - ANGST (so much of it)

Top #2 in India (7/6/25) "𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮, 𝐌𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮" ~𝑹𝒖𝒅𝒓𝒂 "𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝙮𝙤𝙪" ~𝑨𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒉𝒊 ✬⋆✬⋆✬⋆✬ 𝑹𝒖𝒅𝒓𝒂❦𝑨𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒉𝒊 ✬⋆✬⋆✬⋆✬ ♡ 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑠 ♡ ➻𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑝 ➻𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 ➻𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 ➻𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 ➻𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 ➻𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 & 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 ➻ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 ⋆⋆⋆ 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡:-29/03/25 𝐸𝑛𝑑:-....

-Hit 100k reads Valerie Ace Monroe is one of the best assassins known as "Queen of Hearts" by her enemies. With a twisted past she's been trying to hide from, she finds herself going down memory lane when confronted to make a deal with him, and unfortunately she's the only girl that was ever able to escape from there and live to tell the tale. Ezra Artorino, the feared gang leader known as the Shadow King, is on a mission to find a place only known in rumors, searching for someone who took something from him. And she's the only person to ever walk the out of that place alive. With both the Queen of Hearts and the Shadow King making this deal to help each other on this mission, their annoyance and hate for one another continues to grow. However, this deal is also causes them to always find their way back to each other. Will the two end this mission with the hate they had for one another when it began, or will Valerie live up to her nickname and steal the heart of the man she hates the most?

Leo Rivera. Yeah, he's an asshole. He likes power, he likes control, and he clearly has secrets, I'm not supposed to know. Every girl wants him. Not me. So how the hell did I end up as his intern... and pressed against a wall? "Don't lie, Sofia," he whispered against my neck. "You know you want me." Expect the unexpected when you read. ;) A Dark Romance #1 in enemies (Dec 5th) #1 in brooding (Dec 5th) #1 steamyromance (Dec 7th) ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴏᴡᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ʜᴀꜱ ꜱʜᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ. ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴜɴɴɪᴇꜱ!!! Trigger warning: This story contains sexual content and mature themes.Reader discretion is advised.