_ _ _ She was never meant to fall for a man like him. Keisha keys is bold, brilliant, and broken in ways no one sees. A stripper in New York's most elite club, she's built walls no man has ever broken through-until Leonardo Moretti steps into her life. Cold, dangerous, and possessive, the Italian mafia don isn't used to being told no. But Kay? She doesn't bow for anybody. Their worlds collide with fire and fury, secrets and seduction. One stolen night leads to a hidden pregnancy. Now she holds the one thing that could make the mafia king lose all control: his heir. Can she keep the baby-and her heart-a secret? Or will Leonardo's obsession consume them both? A BWWM mafia romance full of heat, danger, and heart-pounding emotion. ---

Genre: Romance, Mafia, Arranged Marriage, Dark Love, Drama --- Main Characters: Amara Johnson - 24-year-old ambitious African-American woman, a talented fashion designer who just landed her big break. Fierce, independent, hates being controlled. Luca Moretti - 29-year-old ruthless Italian mafia heir. Cold, dominant, and carries a dark aura. His life revolves around power and loyalty to his family. Antonio Moretti - Luca's father, head of the Moretti crime family. Tessa - Amara's best friend who always speaks her mind. --- Plot Summary: Amara's life takes a shocking turn when her father, deep in debt, promises her hand in marriage to Luca Moretti, heir to the Italian Mafia empire. Forced into a marriage she never wanted, Amara must navigate a world of danger, betrayal, and passion. Luca is everything she hates-arrogant, possessive, and terrifyingly powerful-but also the man who makes her pulse race like never before. Their marriage starts as a contract. But when rival gangs target Amara, Luca's protectiveness awakens something deeper in both of them. Love in the mafia world is never safe-especially when secrets and blood oaths threaten to tear them apart. --- Themes: 🔥 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Enemies to Lovers 🔥 Dark Mafia Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero / Independent Heroine 🔥 Passion + Danger ---

A bwwm mafia romance - A peaceful café owner with a hidden past and a mafia heir form an uneasy alliance after an attack, only to discover their fates are intertwined. - Enora Lyle has crafted a peaceful life for herself as the owner of a charming café in a quiet town. But every night, the same haunting dream invades her sleep-- fragmented flashes of violence, danger, and a nagging sense of loss. Marco De Luca is the charismatic CEO of a high-end jewelry empire, his name synonymous with wealth and refinement. But beneath his polished façade lies the ruthless truth-- Marco is the heir to the De Luca crime family, a powerful mafia syndicate known for their deadly efficiency. Cold and calculating, Marco has one rule: never let emotion cloud judgment. - Their worlds collide when Marco, left for dead after an ambush by a rival family, stumbles onto Enora's secluded property. Against her better judgment, Enora saves him, binding herself to the dangerous man who now brings violence to her doorstep. When her home becomes a target, they're forced into an uneasy alliance, seeking refuge together while navigating the dangers that surround them. As they have no choice but to stay together, Enora and Marco find themselves drawn to each other in ways they can't deny. But even as their connection deepens, Enora's recurring dreams grow more vivid, revealing fragments of a life she can't remember; a life tied to secrets, bloodshed, and betrayal. - With enemies closing in and trust shattered, Enora and Marco must decide: can love survive the weight of vengeance and the ghosts of the past? Or will their buried truths tear them apart forever? ~~ 🥈#2 in Italian (out of 17.1K books) ~~ Cover by maskedinthelight (myself)

📖 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

A lot can happen in the span of five months. But will she allow her feelings and emotions to change? For him? [Editing] Copyright © 2022 secretlyyxurs37

Aaliyah never expected a late-night hospital shift to ruin her life. One glance from Luca-the city's most feared mafia boss-and she becomes his newest obsession. Cold. Violent. Untouchable. Luca is the kind of man people pray they never meet. He rules Chicago through fear, bloodshed, and power, and nobody dares question him. Not rivals. Not cops. Not even the men who work for him. But when he sees the shy black nurse with soft eyes and a gentle heart, something inside him snaps. He watches her. Follows her. Learns everything about her. And then he takes her. Not to save her. Not because she's innocent. Not because she needs protection. He takes her because he wants her. Trapped inside Luca's dangerous world, Aaliyah quickly learns that obsession feels a lot like love when it comes from a man willing to burn cities down for you. The deeper she falls into his darkness, the harder it becomes to remember she was ever supposed to escape. Because Luca doesn't let go of things he claims. And he already decided she belongs to him.

"You want to act reckless? Fine. But don't think for a second you're not being watched. This city is full of men who'd love to carve a message into you just to make a point." "And what message would you carve?" I whispered. He reached out. Brushed the back of his knuckles down my jaw, rough and slow. "Mine." It wasn't sweet. It wasn't romantic. It was a brand. And then he dropped his hand. "You have ten minutes to get out of here before I make a fucking scene." ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Massimo Bianchi is ruthless, the kind of man who leaves blood in his wake and never looks back. At 29, he's the trusted enforcer for one of the most feared mafia bosses in America - my father, Lorenzo DeLuca, the ghost I never knew but can never escape. I, Francesca DeLuca, have spent my life in the shadows of wealth, too blind to see the truth behind my family's fortune. But when I confront the mysterious man who's been following me, I'm thrown into a world of blood and betrayal, where loyalty is bought and sold like a commodity. Massimo is everything I should fear - cold, dangerous, and bound by an oath to my father. But there's something in the way he looks at me, a dark hunger he refuses to acknowledge. I should hate him, push him away, but the deeper I fall into my family's twisted legacy, the harder it is to resist the pull. But loving a man like Massimo is a risk, and in our world, mistakes are paid for in blood. So the question is - will I be his downfall, or will he be mine?

Avery's senior year is turned upside down when a kiss with her older brothers' best friend ignites a forbidden relationship tangled in danger, heartbreak, and family secrets that could destroy everything. *** "Aiden..." I shake my head, eyes fixed anywhere but the gorgeous man next to me. His hand grips my chin tightly, just enough to make me avert my eyes to his. "You know you want this as much as I fucking do. I want you to be mine. I want to be the one to hold you and kiss you the one you go to whenever you're happy or fucking sad. But let it be me, let me fucking show you that it should be me." He glares, jaw tensing. ...... ©hessaherophinelove

Karmen Morales, 21. She's lost her Parents, her only brother, and just found out she's going to be a single mother after having a one night stand with with someone without even knowing his name. How will she react when six years later the man comes back into her life and reveals he's the leader of the Italian mafia, Luca Vitale. ----------------------------------------------------------------- "You know for all those years I couldn't get you out of my head." He says pulling his shirt off his shoulders, leaving me speechless. "I thought about how you looked, how you sounded, how you felt." He said pushing me down so I'm laying on my back. He grabs my ankles and pulls me to the edge of the bed. He holds one of my legs up, leans down and kisses my inner thigh. "ho pensato a come hai assaggiato" he said, kissing higher and higher up my thighs. (i thought about how you tasted) He reaches my underwear and slips his fingers under the straps. He presses his thumb against my clit causing me to gasp. "You're so wet for me tesoro." He says, causing me to blush. He pulls his hand away and pulls my panties down my legs, leaving me completely exposed. He spreads my legs gently with his hands before kneeling down and placing a wet kiss right on my clit causing me to shudder. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Chapters with (☑️) equal smut. **STORY CONTAINS MATURE THEMES AND LANGUAGE READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED** (Comments that involve any kind of kink shaming will be deleted. ) Much love -the author ❤️ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 10k reads- 08/31/21 20k reads- 09/24/21 30k reads- 10/07/21 40k reads- 10/13/21 50k reads- 10/30/21 60k reads- 11/22/21 70k reads- 12/15/21 80k reads- 1/1/22 90k reads- 1/11/22 100k reads!!!!!- 1/23/22 200K READS!!!- 4/25/22 420k READS!!!- 5/20/23