"You're not here to fall in love." "Trust me, sir... I don't even know what that means." She was sold like a possession-traded away by the very people who were supposed to protect her. At just seventeen, she finds herself in a cold, unfamiliar mansion owned by a powerful man known for his silence, strict rules, and a heartbreak he never talks about. His only condition? Take care of his one-year-old daughter. Don't speak unless spoken to. Don't enter his study. Never touch him. For her, following orders is nothing new. Obedience has kept her alive this long. But the baby's soft cries break something inside her, and her tender touch begins to warm a house that forgot what love felt like. He tells himself she's just a caretaker. Just a temporary solution. But night after night, she shatters rule after rule... And soon, his heart becomes the final one to break. 🎯 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞 Genre: Romance / Drama / Slow Burn / Hurt-Comfort Age rating: 16+ (emotional abuse themes, mature emotional content)

*arrange marriage* Marino lucciano(29) is known for being ruthless and cruel. The number 1 Italian Mafia family, is ruled by him. Having Mercy is the only thing he has never done. Feared by everyone, stands the lucciano heir on his claimed throne awaiting to take his revenge. ....... Ayla(22) is studying hard to help her family and finally she got a chance to go to Italy for her further studies. While dreaming of providing for her family, she got betrayed by her own blood. .....________★★★★★________....... What Will happen when she is bounded in a marriage with Marino lucciano? Will she be able to get revenge or will she ever be able to get free from lucciano's? Why would marino want to marry a simple girl like her? ******* ........... *Mature* *Slow burn* *Toxicity* *Dark romance* *Enemies to lovers* *Hate to love* ****** ......... ___________ ***Trigger warning*** If you're uncomfortable in reading about sexual scenes, dark romance,past trauma, murder scenes so please do not read it. ∆∆∆∆∆∆∆ •••••••••••••• #1. in age gap. #20. Mafia romance

BOOK ON HOLD-- writers block 😔 𝗜𝗩𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗦 is the perfect little ballerina - soft-spoken, obedient, and untouched by the world that sold her. To everyone else, she's just a quiet girl with lowered eyes and pointed toes. But 𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗢 knows better. He sees the way her hands tremble. The way her smile doesn't reach her eyes. The way she obeys like she's afraid not to. And it pulls him in. She was promised to him-a contract sealed in blood, not love-and now she belongs to a man as cold as he is calculated and controlling. Rafael doesn't crave her affection. He isn't looking to be wanted. What he wants is to unravel her. To possess every piece of the girl the world calls delicate. But Ivory isn't fragile. She's fractured. And the closer he gets, the more she falls apart for him. In a world of shadows, power, and pain, their connection becomes something twisted. Addictive. Dangerous. Because when you give yourself to a monster... you don't get to choose what parts of you he keeps. And when control slips... Desire takes its place. And Rafael never loses. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ・❥・ "Careful, Ivory. I play rougher when someone thinks they can outmatch me." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ・❥・ { 18+ | Dark Mafia Romance } 𝖢𝖮𝖯𝖸𝖶𝖱𝖨𝖳𝖤 𝟤𝟢𝟤5 @𝗐𝗋𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗆

"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?

> Two strangers. > One contract. > And a thousand secrets between them. > > She's a reckless Indian artist with a locked-up past. > He's an Italian mafia heir with blood on his hands and poetry in his silence. > When their families tie them in a marriage neither wanted, sparks fly-and not the romantic kind. > > But love isn't the biggest threat. > The truth is. > > Because someone's lying. > And someone's about to disappear. *(Dark romance × suspense × comedy × slow burn × enemies to lovers)* 💍🖤🎨🔪 ---

**ONGOING-RANDOM UPDATES** 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. ~~~ 💔 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. ~~~ 🎶𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕: https://tinyurl.com/ycxs3fum ~~~ 🔥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 ~~~ WC: 90,000+ Pages: 375 ~~~ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆: RATED MATURE! 18+ This story contains mature themes, including manipulation, emotional abuse, attempted assault (off screen), violence, gore, and trauma recovery. Reader discretion is advised. Full trigger list inside.

𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 At the age of twenty-two, Aurora's life is a miserable picture of sorrow. Her husband is a devout women-hater with a dark past who subjects her to relentless abuse. She is a kind woman with a heart of gold, but unfortunately that makes her a target for people to take advantage of her. Over time, Aurora chooses an unhealthier way of coping with her misery whilst she realises all her hopes and dreams of becoming a writer and a mother become a distant memory as she struggles through life everyday. On an ordinary Friday, as she contemplates her existence alone, an unexpected incursion by a rival mafia transforms her existence forever... 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢 Nicollo, a twenty-nine-year-old Italian mafia don, is singularly driven by vengeance: to annihilate the man who murdered his mother. He is a cold man to everyone apart from the people he loves, his brothers. When he finally finds himself armed with crucial intel about his mother's killer, Nicollo prepares his syndicate to storm the home of the man who murdered his mother. Their mission is clear: eliminate the target, free and threaten the staff, and burn the house to the ground. However, Nicollo didn't anticipate encountering Aurora, an innocent-looking but supposedly dangerous girl to step into his life. Deciding on a new form of retribution after his original plan failed, he kidnaps Aurora and forces her to marry him to live as the embodiment of punishment for her husband's sins. - This is a dark mafia romance that delves into triggering subjects. Read "Author's Note" for more info.

A forced marriage for the sake of her country. A Sicilian, fierce princess and a dangerous, ruthless underboss is forced to find a way out of their storm, their hatred for each other is heavy but will lust overpower it? ******* They both hated each other from the moment they met, but little did they know, their fates were intertwined together. Carmela Russo is a fierce, confident and powerful princess, At 25 years old. she is the heiress and the only daughter. she's established herself as a independent boss bitch. But now it's time she fulfils her duty to her family's organisation. It's time she gets married. Dante De Luca didn't need a crown to rule - just a glare cold enough to stop a man's heart. he was the underboss of the Russian mafia, At 28 years old. an Italian name buried deep in Russian bloodlines but everyone knew how he'd earned his reputation. Torture was an art form to Dante. Mercy was a foreign language he refused to learn. he was the last man you ever wanted to owe, and the last face you'd ever see if you did. But when fate ties them together in an unexpected marriage, they're pulled into a whirlwind of passion, secrets, and power. Amid the chaos and clashing worlds, one question remains , can love grow in the eye of the storm, or will it tear them apart? ^^^^^ #1 in enemies with benefits✨

Dark Romance: A reckless dare reunites her with a handsome, daunting man, forging a love of discipline and passion. 🔥 Dark Romance | Tough Love | Mafia Heat | Enemies to Lovers Vibes| 138 Chapters| Complete LOGLINE A dark game forces Zee, a reckless young woman into contacting the guy who took her virginity and begging him to marry her, but she neither expected his acceptance which keeps her in the game, nor his Mafia life as well as the tough love she is forced to receive at his hands. *** SHE WAS POWERLESS AGAINST HIS ULTIMATUM BECAUSE SHE WAS STUCK BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA-BETWEEN HIM AND THE LAST DARE GAME WHICH HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT SHE PLAYED IT BECAUSE OF HER RECKLESS BEHAVIOUR- HER FIRE OF REBELLION HE IS DETERMINED TO EXTINGUISH THAT FIRE AFTER HER CARELESS MOVE ON HIM TO QUENCH A FIRE, YOU HAD TO BE SOMEWHAT CLOSE, HENCE HIS DECISION TO MARRY HER- AND HE WASN'T ASKING "You have until the end of today to give me a positive response or I will get you to marry me in the Mafia way." She gasped and her eyes were like saucers. "Mafia?" "I told you that you never really knew me. I was on my own when you came looking for trouble. Tonight, Elizabeth." *** Available on Amazon. NOTE: 📖 Welcome to Dark Love - A Darker Shade (Book 2)! What you're about to read is just an excerpt from a full-length novel with 138 chapters - shared to help you decide if this emotional, twist-filled dark romance is your next favorite page-turner. If it draws you in, you can unlock the full story and enjoy the experience as it was truly meant to be read. (The easiest and most affordable way is on Inkitt - just $5!) Your support not only gives you full access but also helps me continue crafting heartfelt stories just for you. So go ahead - dive in, explore the world, and see if Dark Love - A Darker Shade captures you. Happy reading! - Pen Glowy 💫

My grief is a lie. His guilt a weapon. And remembering will destroy whoever I used to love. Maybe this was it. Maybe she had already crossed the line between the living and the lost. The thought of reuniting with Alexei, of seeing him again, wherever he was, felt less terrifying than stepping through that door to meet his killer. Death, at least, would have been merciful. Forget everything you think you know about mafia romance. This isn't a story about an innocent girl stumbling into a dangerous world. Claire lived in that world, she just can't remember how... or what it cost her. A love story where the deepest betrayal may be the one you inflict on yourself. Fair warning: this book will break you, reshape you, and leave you desperate for answers you're too afraid to face. ⚠️ Content Disclaimer ⚠️ This work contains mature themes and potentially triggering content, including but not limited to: violence, death, emotional abuse, manipulation, trauma, sexual tension, and morally complex relationships. Copyright Disclaimer © MaryRose 2025 This is a work of fiction. All characters, events, and settings are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or real events is purely coincidental. No part of this story may be copied, reproduced, or distributed in any form without the author's signed authorization.