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Acquaintances (18+ Dark Mafia Romance)
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Ongoing, First published Apr 21, 2022
Mature
**ON HIATUS** 

Rebecca Caruso wasn't supposed to meet Marco Montanari. She wasn't supposed to spend the night drinking with him. And she sure as hell wasn't supposed to get tangled in a crime scene before dawn.

He told her to forget what they saw. Forget the blood. But some nights refuse to be forgotten. And some acquaintances are impossible to walk away from.

Rebecca is forced to choose between the life she's been handed-and the one she's willing to risk everything for. Because in this city, love is a liability. And choice? That's the most dangerous part of it all.
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💔 Equal parts psychological drama, mafia/crime suspense, and toxic romance. This slow-burning story is filled with crime, secrets, obsession, and impossible choices. For fans of noir undertones, unreliable narrators, redemption arcs, high stakes, emotional heat, and complex power dynamics.

💔 𝑰𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆: Twisted Lies, The Town, Savage Lover, The Sopranos, Sicario, Vicious, The Maddest Obsession, Peaky Blinders, You,  Tell Me Lies, Sinners of Saint, and Mobland. 

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🔥𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔 & 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒔:🔥
This story has elements of romantic suspense but leans into dark romance tropes (possession, obsession, blurred morality).
✘ Mafia Heir x Police Chief's Daughter
✘ Forbidden Romance
✘ Touch Her and Die
✘ Found Family vs Blood Family
✘ Dual POV 
✘ "I don't care if it kills me. I want you."
✘ Forced Engagement 
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WC: 90,000+
Pages: 375
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𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆:
RATED MATURE! 18+ This story contains mature themes, including manipulation, emotional abuse, attempted assault, violence, gore, and trauma recovery.  Reader discretion is advised. Full trigger list inside.
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Her Fate

35 parts Complete Mature

You know the feeling when the whole world turns against you? When no one listens to you nor acknowledge you? And then in the end your all alone, well you think so but then there is this one person who understands you, because they somewhat go through the exact same thing at the exact same time? Well that happened to Aurelia Moreno, a girl with a somewhat normal life turned upside down. ••••••••••••••••••••••• Fate is the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power. It is destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way. It's the power that is believed to control what happens in the future. Aurelia Moreno. The brave, calm and gentle 20 year old never believed in Fate till she met Luciano De Luca. Mafia Boss of the biggest Mafia in the World. Luciano De Luca. The biggest Mafia Boss in the World, over 100 people just in his inner cycle who work as underbosses or capos in different locations. Lucianos training has paid well, he was prepared for everything he has to know for a life of crime. Only never had anyone ever told him about Love. No training could prepare him for what he will come upon. Both of them hate each other. Can you even love someone that you have hated your whole live? What will happen when they find out what they fell for each other? Warning this book contains mature language, sexual content, sexual assault such as abuse or rape and graphic violence read it on your own risk! Book I| Fate series |+16 Started writing: September 14th 2021 First chapter posted: - December 25th 2021 (Introduction) - January 1st 2022 (first chapter) Finished: - May 28th 2022 *currently editing*