Kiss Me While The World Burns
Victoria De Luca rules New York’s criminal underworld with an iron fist until a stolen EMP weapon, a decades-old murder, and a betrayal buried in blood threaten to destroy everything she built.
Giordano Salvatore was supposed to be a pawn. Instead, the billionaire weapons genius becomes the one man capable of unraveling her carefully guarded heart. As enemies close in, secrets surface, and a global hunt spirals into chaos, Victoria discovers that the greatest threat isn’t the governments, syndicates, or assassins hunting her.
It’s her own family.
With a stolen superweapon, a deadly conspiracy, and a love powerful enough to burn the world to ashes, Victoria and Giordano must decide what they’re willing to sacrifice—before everything explodes.
Because in a world built on lies, falling in love might be the most dangerous mistake of all.
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance | Romantic Suspense | Crime Thriller
Tropes/Tags: Mafia Queen • Obsessive Hero • Billionaire Arms Dealer • Secret Pregnancy • Touch Her and Die • Criminal Empire • Family Secrets • Twin Reveal • Power Couple • High Stakes Romance • Who Did This To You • Morally Grey Characters • Global Conspiracy • Enemies to Lovers-ish • Dark Romance Thriller
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Chapter: Three Weeks“...we’ve got news on your father’s death.”The cold night air outside Helms Cove hit Victoria like a slap. She didn't gasp or scream. She just stood there by the open door of her car, her silver-gray eyes fixing on Kany."Get in," Victoria said, her voice dropping to a flat, hard whisper.The moment they were inside the armored sedan, Kany handed over a secure flash drive. Victoria plugged it straight into her dashboard terminal. She expected to see a schematic or a financial leak. Instead, pixelated, leaked medical footage filled the screen. It was an underground clinic. Her father was on a gurney, being wheeled into surgery."He wasn't sick, Kany," Victoria murmured, her fingers tightening on the edge of the leather seat."Look at the autopsy file, Boss," Kany whispered, her hands shaking as she pulled up the secondary scans.Victoria stared at the display. There was no charred car metal, no external blast marks. The scans showed a microscopic device that had been surgically implan
Last Updated: 2026-06-08
Chapter: DeadlineFriday night. 8:58 PM.The air outside Helms Cove was freezing. At exactly nine o'clock, Victoria stepped inside. Her crimson leather dress was sleek, simple, and fit like a second skin. She scanned the empty room until she spotted Giordano in a corner booth.He had a quiet, relaxed posture, completely unbothered that she had cleared out the entire restaurant just to talk to him. On the white tablecloth next to him sat a heavy bouquet of diamond-encrusted roses. It was loud, expensive, and a total provocation.Victoria walked over, her heels clicking against the floor. Giordano stood up with easy grace, a casual smile on his face."Miss De Luca," he said, his voice quiet. "I was starting to think you blew me off.""Sit down, Giordano," Victoria replied, pulling out her own chair before he could get it for her. "We aren't here to socialize.""Right. Strictly business," Giordano said, sitting back down and gesturing to the glittering bouquet. "Though I figured a little thank-you gift fo
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Chapter: Done Deal“…An EMP?” Giordano asked, his tone dropping instantly into a deadly serious register. “A localized pulse, or something bigger?”“An apex trigger,” Victoria drawled. She reached back, lazily accepting a thick, matte-black file from Kany before tossing it onto the scarred mahogany desk. “A device compact enough to fit inside a briefcase, but powerful enough to fry the entire power grid and digital defense infrastructure of an entire territory. You build the hardware weaponization; my syndicate handles the deployment.”Giordano frowned, the sudden shift from corporate flirting to cold, geopolitical reality clearing his head instantly. “Do I look like someone who manufactures heavy hardware, Victoria? I own a cybersecurity conglomerate. I don't build weapons of mass disruption.”Victoria chuckled darkly, releasing her brutal grip on his wrist and taking a slow, elegant step back. “Don’t play stupid with me, Salvatore. Two weeks ago, a decommissioned Soviet-era activation matrix went miss
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Chapter: EMPThe sharp, rhythmic clinking of designer stiletto heels shattered the pristine silence of the DanTech corporate reception lobby. Victoria’s grand entry struck the room like a sudden drop in atmospheric pressure, instantly radiating an aura of absolute dominance that left the employees frozen in place.Kany walked a precise step behind her, a matte black leather file clutched firmly in her hand. Together, the duo looked less like corporate executives and more like a high-profile execution squad making their way toward the private VIP elevator.“M… Miss… Miss Victoria… to what do we owe this unexpected… pl… pleasure?”A top-level secretary in his early thirties stuttered frantically, struggling to match his stride with Victoria's unusually fast, predatory pace. Receiving nothing but a cold shoulder, he swallowed hard and pressed further. “I… presume you are here to see the CEO…”Reaching the gold-plated VIP elevator bank, Victoria paused while Kany swiftly keyed in the override bypass.
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Chapter: Diamond QueenFifteen years ago“Dad, does mummy hate us?”Eight-year-old Victoria asked, clutching the white and silver-studded teddy bear designed specifically for her by her father, Damien De Luca. Smiling down at his daughter, whose gray eyes shimmered with innocence, Damien crouched to her height.“Honey, mummy doesn’t hate us, okay? She simply went on a vacation with her friend,” he explained softly, gently smoothing down her blonde hair.Tilting her head to the side, Victoria’s brow furrowed. “But the other day, she said she hates us. Was she lying?”Damien exhaled heavily. How could he explain to a child that her mother meant every word, and that she had already signed the divorce papers? Praying for any kind of interruption, he pulled her into a tight hug instead.Right then, a well-built bodyguard walked up to them, giving Damien a sharp nod.“Honey, father has to go to work now. I promise to get you more diamond-studded teddies when I return, alright?” Damien smiled, gently breaking the
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