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Power isn't given. It's stolen, fought for, and written in blood.
Aria De Luca was born into violence, trained to rule an empire that knows no mercy. Guns replaced toys. Strategy replaced bedtime stories. By the time she became the heir to the De Luca Syndicate, fear followed her like a shadow-and anyone who underestimated her didn't survive to regret it. She is precise, ruthless, and untouchable.
Luca Romano was raised to hate her family, groomed to destroy everything the De Lucas have built. He is smart, calculated, and deadly-a perfect heir for the Romano Empire. But when he meets Aria at an underground summit, the stories he's been told crumble. She is nothing like the monster his family warned him about... and everything he can't resist.
Forced into alliances, whispered meetings, and dangerous games, Aria and Luca find themselves drawn together in a world where betrayal is currency and loyalty comes at a price. Every glance, every touch, every secret carries risk. When a traitor strikes, the fragile bond between them is tested by bullets, blood, and impossible choices.
Love in their world isn't soft. It doesn't save. It sharpens. It destroys.
Blood Oaths & Velvet Lies is a dark, slow-burn mafia romance about power, loyalty, and forbidden love-the kind that can ignite empires... or bury them in ashes.