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“I'm so sorry, Leo,” I rasped, my voice barely a whisper. Tears of guilt and self-blame streamed down my cheeks as I stood before him, eyes cast downward. Despite the fact that I was his prisoner and he was my warden, I couldn't bear the thought of anything bad happening to him. I told him, “It's my fault. I shouldn't have let you go-” “Damn it, Alessandra. I don't want your apology,” Leonardo snapped, lifting my chin with a firm finger, forcing me to meet his gaze. His voice was hard as steel as he continued, “I want you to write a fucking essay about how much you think about me. How you crave my touch. I want to hear you say you love me, because I swear it in this life, mia principessa, there won't be anyone else but me.” ----------------------------------------------------- When Alessandra Scavelli is forced into marrying Leonardo De Castello, her childhood sweetheart turned feared mafia kingpin, her world is thrown into chaos. Leonardo, still madly in love with her, sees this as a chance to reclaim their lost romance. Alessandra, however, is torn by a secret mission handed to her by her family: infiltrate Leonardo's syndicate and bring it down from within. As she delves into Leonardo's dangerous world, Alessandra finds herself conflicted between her family’s demands and the undeniable pull of her own heart. The once clear lines between loyalty and love blur, and she must navigate a treacherous path where betrayal lurks at every corner. Will Alessandra follow through with her family's plan, or will she surrender to the passion that threatens to consume her?

Olivia Davis is living her best life, until her father Henry, steals from a ruthless Mafia lord, Leonardo De Luca. Leonardo has one solution. He wants Olivia Davis as payment.

It's better to be feared than Loved" Isabella Martinez wanted nothing more than to graduate from college so she could become a pediatric doctor, but her hopes are soon dashed, after witnessing a mob murder she's kidnapped by the pepatraters of the murder. Faced with no other choice but to work for the Mafia as a maid she soon finds herself The focus of their leader. A man whose name commands both respect and dread from all those who hear It. His name was Leonardo Castellano. And now that this devil he's seen this angel, he has no intention of ever letting her go.

Iris Hale is hiding a secret even she doesn't know: She is The Ledger. Born with a photographic memory, Iris is the ultimate prize in a bloody underworld war. For decades, five rival Mafia families have hunted her bloodline, ready to tear her apart to get the secrets locked inside her mind. Dante Vitale is a man of shadows and cold steel. As the ruthless heir to the Vitale empire, he has one mission: find The Ledger and use her to crush his enemies. But the woman he finds isn't just a weapon—she’s the only person who makes him feel human. Now, Dante faces a choice: use her to win a war, or start one with every family in the city to keep her safe. But Iris is about to learn that her protector is the same boy who survived the fire that killed her mother. And in the mafia, the only thing more dangerous than a secret is a man who will burn the world down to keep it.

Have you never tasted it, the taste of yourself on the lips of a lover? Caterina De Santis, an art teacher and single mother who has lost everything, has found a new job, although this one, is not what she expected and will plunge her into a completely unknown world, where sex, mafias and rivalries will turn her precarious world upside down. Hades Visconti, a millionaire mafia leader, has set his eyes on the shy and lonely Caterina, unaware that his own brother, Zeus, also wants her for himself and has known her for a long time. A war has been unleashed between brothers, both leaders and powerful billionaires, will lead the young woman down dark and sinister paths where passion and tragedy will pursue her relentlessly, throwing her into an abyss from which only love will be able to save her. Will Caterina be able to survive the Visconti brothers, or will she be the one to throw them into the arms of love for the first time?

Marianna Del Vecchio, a student entangled in a covert affair with her professor, faces a love crisis when her father, Santo Del Vecchio, the leader of the Italian mafia, reveals an arranged marriage to Javier Bezzio to strengthen ties against the Russian mafia. Unveiling the shocking truth that her lover, Alceo, is the son of the ruthless Russian mafia, Isiak Romanov, Marianna grapples with betrayal and heartbreak as her father holds Alceo captive. A fierce clash ensues, claiming the lives of both mafia rivals in a dramatic gunfight. In this gripping mafia saga, destiny weaves the threads of true love. Can Marianna and Alceo boldly defy the odds to salvage their love, or will they be swallowed by the abyss amid family rivalries and relentless enemies?