Protective Mafia Web Novels & Age Gap Stories

Four years and three months—one thousand, five hundred and forty-seven days—I have known Celia was mine. I have watched over her, listened to her, protected her. There is nothing I have not done and would not do to keep her safe and mine. What it started as. I do not know. but now it can only be defined as an obsession. Celia is mine. Like me, she has known it all this time. Why she is suddenly fighting me as our wedding day draws closer, I do not understand. It does not matter. The day is nothing more than a formality. I have never claimed to be a good or patient man. For her I was. That time is at an end. My kitten is baring her claws. She will find the veneer of civility I show the world is far thinner than she ever imagined—for in the end I am Bratva. We take what we want, ruthlessly and completely, and we never let it go.

The craziest thing I’ve ever done was let a dangerous man touch me, and not pull away. “Trust me.” Words like that could mess you up in this line of work. Then he did something I didn’t expect, he stretched out a hand. Even I knew when not to doubt a helping hand. I sighed. Well, roadkill it is then. I clasped his hand and his firm grip pulled me up out of the line of fire. *** Cake Coogan survives by her fists and her fury, spending her life fighting in underground rings to keep herself and her mother alive. But one stolen payout, one stranger’s intervention, and one accidental bag switch drops her into the crosshairs of Nico Vescari. Nico Vescari; mafia heir, feared and ruthless, a man who kills with a steady pulse—wants his money back. What he gets instead is Cake: the girl with the iron fists, mismatched eyes, and a journal he should never have read. Fascinated, furious, and threatened by how she makes him feel, he gives her a choice that isn’t a choice at all—marry him for a year… or lose the only family she has left. Cake becomes both weapon and wife. She’s pulled between power plays, underground fights, and a man whose touch feels like fire even when she swears she hates him. Nico’s family is dangerous, his enemies worse, and his rules suffocating, but the most lethal thing between them is the feral desire none of them want. As bodies fall and alliances burn, Cake is forced to choose between revenge and the man who has broken her, protected her, and ruined her life in equal measure. In a story of obsession, and betrayal,only the strongest survive. And Cake Coogan is not prey.

When a Don Virelli dies under suspicious circumstances, his daughter Lena is handed a single solution to save her family: marry Dante Moretti. The truce between their warring families depends on it. Lena agrees, but she doesn’t know that she’s already met Dante once before. Months earlier, drunk in a bar, she spent one night with a stranger who called himself “Luca.” He was kind, patient, and gone by morning. Now the man sitting across from her at the official engagement meeting is cold, calculating, and watches her like he knows a secret she’s forgotten. Dante Moretti knows. He was undercover that night, and the moment he saw Lena at the Moretti-Virelli dinner, he recognized her. But admitting it would expose years of lies—starting with her father’s. What starts as a forced alliance turns into something more dangerous: obsession, jealousy, and a slow, unwilling trust. Dante protects her with ruthless efficiency, but every time he pulls her closer, he risks exposing the truth When the truce breaks and the Romano Family enters the picture, Lena and Dante are forced into real proximity. Kidnappings, betrayals, and a war behind the war pull them deeper into a conspiracy that started years before they met. Lena learns her mother made deals with their enemies. Dante learns that protecting Lena means burning down everything he built. Through gala attacks, safehouse confessions, and a pregnancy that changes the stakes, Lena stops being a pawn. She learns to run the Virelli holdings, negotiate with the Commission, and fight for a seat at the table. But trust is fragile. An old one-night stand is leaked, scandal erupts, and their marriage is pushed to the breaking point.

She thought she was giving her innocence to the man she loved. Instead, she woke up in the arms of the devil himself—Dante Moretti, the ruthless Mafia Don who rules the city with blood and iron. Essa Kane planned a perfect first time with her boyfriend Enzo. One night of passion in a dimly lit penthouse changed everything. The powerful body claiming her so possessively wasn’t Enzo’s. It was his father’s. Now Dante has her locked in a contract marriage “for her protection.” Cold, obsessive, and dangerously addictive, he watches her every move, touches her like she already belongs to him, and warns the world: touch her and die. But Enzo and her traitorous best friend Lila won’t let her go so easily. They plot to break her, pass her around, and destroy the empire. When the gang closes in, Dante storms through them like a hurricane, claiming Essa as his woman in front of everyone. In a world of betrayal, secrets, and power plays, Essa must survive the Don’s dark obsession while fighting the dangerous pull between hate and unbearable desire. She started as a vulnerable pawn. She will rise as the Mafia Queen who brings even the untouchable Dante to his knees.

One night, after finishing her shift, Lena takes a shortcut home. She sees a black SUV parked in an abandoned industrial lot. Then she sees a man being dragged out. She watches Damien shoot him. She runs before anyone sees her. Or at least, that's what she believes. The following morning, strange men begin appearing around her. Outside the hospital. Near her apartment. Across from the club. At the grocery store. Lena becomes convinced someone is following her. She's right. But what she doesn't know is that Damien has known about her since the night of the murder. He could simply eliminate her. Instead, he discovers something unexpected: she hasn't told anyone. Not the police. Not her friends. Not even the doctors caring for her father. And when someone inside Damien's organization suggests killing her, Damien refuses. Because there is another solution. Marriage. If Lena becomes his wife, her testimony becomes considerably harder to use against him. So Damien gives her a choice that isn't really a choice: Marry him, and her father will receive the best medical care money can buy. Refuse, and Damien can no longer guarantee either of their safety. Lena despises him. Damien expects her to fear him. Neither expects to fall in love.

Jordyn Windslow never expected a trip to Sicily for her sister’s wedding to put her directly in the path of one of the most feared men on the island. Ares Russo is dark, controlled and impossible to read. The kind of man who walks into a room and changes the atmosphere without saying a word. Jordyn knows almost nothing about him, only that people seem to lower their voices when he is near, doors open without question, and no one is ever brave enough to tell him no. What she doesn’t know is why. Known in the underworld as “Il Mietitore”—the Reaper—Ares built a reputation on blood, fear and silence. Violence, vengeance and death are all he has ever really known. Until Jordyn. She is everything he has no business wanting. Beautiful, stubborn and far too innocent for the darkness surrounding him. Ares knows keeping his distance is the only way to protect her from the life he has spent trying to leave behind. Then Jordyn becomes a target. Protecting her should have been simple. Falling for her was never part of the plan. As danger closes in and long-buried secrets begin to surface, Jordyn starts to realise the man she has fallen for is hiding far more than she ever imagined. Loving Ares means stepping into a world she never knew existed, one built on loyalty, power and blood. And once Ares decides Jordyn is his to protect, there is no line he won’t cross to keep her safe. Ares Russo may have tried to leave the Reaper behind, but some monsters never truly disappear. He vows, for every tear Jordyn sheds, someone will bleed. And Sicily is about to remember exactly why they called him the Reaper.

Elena, 24, creates a fake dating profile as a joke and unexpectedly catches the attention of Adrian, her best friend's powerful and intimidating older brother. What starts as a secret online connection becomes complicated when Adrian discovers her true identity. Instead of walking away, Adrian decides to get to know the real Elena—and their undeniable chemistry quickly turns the harmless catfishing game into something neither of them expected.

"This brutally romantic mafia love story will grip you!" ~#1 New York Times bestselling author Helen Hardt Arranged-marriage, age-gap, Mafia/cartel romance Capo to the Luciano Famiglia was my birthright. The cruelty needed to succeed in this life has been beaten into me since I was a young boy. My father, Vincent Luciano, taught by example and with the slap of his hand. My independent streak took me down paths my father would never have gone. With our enemies gaining strength, it is my idea to attempt an alliance with an unlikely bedfellow. The Roríguez Cartel and the Luciano Famiglia are improbable partners, yet even Vincent Luciano can’t deny the possible benefits. The only way to solidify the deal is for me to marry Catalina Ruiz, the eldest daughter of Andres Ruiz, a top lieutenant in the Roríguez Cartel. Catalina is young, beautiful, and thinks she understands the path she is being forced to follow. There is no way for her to know the monster she is about to wed. A man doesn’t become a made man at thirteen if he is capable of love. That emotion is beyond my scope of expertise. Saving the famiglia is my goal. And once this alliance is made, ours will be but the first of the brutal vows exchanged. Have you been Aleatha’d?

Ezra Slain Velleoti is a man that everyone wants to avoid. He's a tough enemy. A mafia boss who disapproves of almost everyone. Anyone who gets in his way will never make it out alive. Khione Louelita Silay is a woman who is socially awkward. A person who has socially anxiety and dislikes crowds and other people's opinions. She is a nerd who prefers to work and stay at home. Working as a top counterintelligence agent for the NBI, Khione was unintentionally able to uncover the dark secrets of some government officials. Khione desperately wanted to flee, but she couldn't until they killed her, and Ezra, the notorious Mafia boss, was the only one who save her.

Arranged-marriage, age-gap, Mafia/cartel romance, forbidden Due to my birth order as a child of the Luciano famiglia capo, I’m used to second place. Second son. Second in standing. Never number one. It’s the way my life has always been. Only in the dark alleys, private clubs, and seedy establishments am I respected. Not just as the consigliere to my brother, the new capo of the Kansas City Famiglia, but also for my unmatched skills with a knife and my particular skills of interrogation. This status is as high as I will achieve. First place will forever be out of reach. Camila Ruiz is the younger daughter of Andrés Ruiz, a top lieutenant in the Roríguez cartel. From the first moment I laid eyes on her, I knew I wanted her. She is too young and fragile, though, to be with a man like me, a killer and criminal. I don’t deserve a woman like Camila. Taking her would ruin her. With the newly established alliance between the Luciano famiglia and Roríguez cartel, I ask for the impossible and promise my life. With the blessing of my capo and the Roríguez drug lord, Camila is to be mine. For once, I will be first in another’s eyes. And Camila will always be first to me. What happens when the fragile alliance is tested? Can I keep my promise to my wife and my oath to the famiglia? Have you been Aleatha’d?

Blurb She ran from one devil straight into the arms of the worst one. Mikhail Lobanov… Las Vegas’s most feared mafia king, pins the trembling 19-year-old cocktail waitress against the penthouse elevator wall, thumb dragging across her lower lip. “You’re too beautiful to kill… so I’ll keep you.” One brutal thrust later, he’s buried deep inside her untouched body on the balcony overlooking the Strip, growling, “This pussy is mine now, Bella. Say it.” What begins as possession becomes obsession. He collars her. Claims her. Protects her. But when his enemies discover she’s carrying his child, the war turns personal. Kidnapped. Tortured. Rescued. Betrayed. In a world of blood, revenge, and unbreakable chains, one innocent beauty will either destroy the monster… or become his forever salvation. Dark. Possessive. Filthy. The Beauty and Her Dangerous Mafia Lord.

Elias Soren wants nothing to do with the Blackwell name. He lives under his mother’s surname, works in a quiet bookstore, and keeps his head down until the night a job goes wrong and his identity is exposed. His father, the Don, places him under the direct protection of Raphael Blackwell, the family’s ice-cold underboss. Raphael is feared, efficient, and rumored to feel nothing. What almost no one knows is that he is an Omega who has spent years burying his instincts under blockers and iron discipline. Elias fills the silent house with talk, flowers, and stubborn warmth. Raphael tells himself the arrangement is temporary. But the longer the sunshine Alpha stays, the harder it becomes to keep the walls standing and the more dangerous the underworld becomes for both of them.

One Murder Case. One Month. One forbidden desire. One baby Sophia didn’t plan on falling pregnant with her father’s killer. She thought she was coming home to her father waiting for her so they could go on a vacation together. Instead, she came home to him bleeding out on the floor, choking on his blood. But someone was standing close by with a gun tucked in their hand. Luca Mancini The Mafia don and her father’s boss. He doesn’t tell her how her father died or what transpired, only seizing her freedom by locking her up in his house. She is left thinking of an escape route and also the cause of her father’s death, but Luca doesn’t let anything slip from his facade. His words are manipulative and calculative, not leaving a single trail of a clue. But the closer she deciphers the truth behind her father’s death, the closer she gets to his killer. She is in too deep but eager to know what happened to her father while trying to fight an attraction. Thirty days to resist the new-found desire for her father’s killer while hunting for the truth about his death. Would she be able to resist him while living in a house with the very man she believes murdered her father?

"A woman like you? No fucking way you're a virgin." "Who said virgins can't be filthy, Rocco?" DIANA SANTORO: Five years locked inside a convent. Not because I was holy. Because the family I was born into is dangerous. My name is Diana Santoro. Mafia blood. And in this world, daughters like me get hidden away until the war is over. Now my brother’s the Don. And he wants me back. The man he sent to collect me? Rocco Moretti. The most feared monster in Italy. The devil of Cosa Nostra. They say he pulls confessions out of men with his bare hands—then sleeps like a baby afterward. Three days on the road. Just us. He’s expecting some scared little nun-in-training, ready to be escorted quietly back to my gilded cage. He has no idea that the only innocent thing about me is this face. **** ROCCO MORETTI: Forty-seven men. That's how many I've killed. Tortured more than double that. Never lost a minute of sleep over any of them. So why does this girl—with her innocent eyes and that smart mouth—make me feel like I'm losing my goddamn mind around every bend of this road? Last night, at some roadside motel, she walked into my room. Ran her fingers over my tattoos, looked up at me with this smirk, and told me she wasn't wearing underwear. What the hell does she want? To destroy me? To see how far she can push before I snap? She's a virgin. Untouched. Off-limits. The one thing a man like me can never have. But when she looks at me like that—wearing that short dress, lips parted just enough—I forget who I am. I forget I'm the monster. And I start wanting, with everything in me, to be the one who ruins her. Even if it costs me my life. Even if it costs me everything.

“Stop looking at me like that,” he says, his chest heaving. Her eyes flash with confusion. "How?” His fist clenches. “Like you want to get fucked, I do not think I have the power to resist you,” he admits. ~~~~~~ Jennie Parker, a twenty-two-year-old college student who is bullied by her peers, runs into Ivan Volkov, a very powerful and ruthless man and leader of the Russian Mafia. He begins to form an attraction to her, and he is no exception. Will the two of them give in to their desires? Or will his dangerous life push her away?

In the treacherous world of organized crime, sheltered 21-year-old Alessia Vance risks everything when she falls for her 30-year-old brother’s right-hand man, Killian Romano. What begins as a drunken birthday confession develops into an unexpected romance that threatens family loyalty, ignites deadly rivalries, and forces Alessia to fight for the love she has craved since childhood.

— BLURB — I could still feel his eyes roaming over my face, lingering a little too long. His thumb brushed lightly against my chin. “I don’t have a big mouth,” I managed to say, immediately regretting it. His jaw tightened, and his eyes grew darker. If I didn’t know what kind of maniac he was, I might have thought he was interested in me. But I knew better than to make that mistake. “Oh, but you do, my love,” Nikolai murmured, a wicked smile spreading across his face. “And I can’t help remembering what I saw you witness the other day.” I gasped, shocked by his words. Of course I remembered that day! “You have no shame, do you?!” I demanded, glaring at him. His laughter filled the room. I swear, that was the first time I’d ever seen him laugh like that. “You’re right, my Kukolka. I have no shame,” he said, his smile turning into something far more dangerous. “That’s the only way to rule this world.” And with that, he left me standing there, speechless.

Angel Anzores was used by her aunt and uncle to pay off their debt after they hid her younger brother, Angelo, and threatened to sell him if she refused to comply. Left with no choice, the young woman had to obey the people who took them in after their parents died in a car accident. Salvatore Ravalli, known as "Tore" in the underground world, is a ruthless 35-year-old mafia leader to whom Angel's aunt and uncle owed money. He finds himself drawn to Angel. Will Angel be able to accept the man who initially threatened her using her own brother's life? What will Salvatore do when Angel discovers that he was involved in the accident that claimed her parents' lives, leading her and her brother into the life given to them by their so-called guardians? Can Salvatore save the woman he loves from the clutches of his equally ruthless enemies?

**The moment her lips parted, I seized the chance, slipping my tongue inside and tangling with hers. She trembled beneath my hold, her tiny fingers clutching over my bare shoulders, caught between resistance and surrender. She wanted to push me away but didn't know how. But I deepened the kiss, claiming her mouth like it was mine to take. She whimpered, gasped, her soft protest lost between us as I swallowed every sound she made. Her body tensed, her struggles growing more frantic as if she was trying to say something but I kept devouring her mouth. But then....one gasp shattered everything. "Luca! Brother!”** Sofia thought returning to the Virelli mansion after years abroad would feel like coming home. Instead, she walks straight back into the orbit of Luca Virelli — her cold, ruthless foster brother and the feared head of the Virelli mafia. The same man who spent years making her feel like she didn’t belong. But something has changed. Because the moment Luca sees her again, his icy indifference shifts into something far more dangerous. OBSESSION.

Arranged marriage, age-gap, forbidden love, enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, Romeo and Juliet vibes, family saga, Mafia/cartel romance, slow burn, redemption, morally gray hero, dangerous romance The Roríguez cartel is spinning out of control, tragedy putting the alliance and our future in question. I’m Emiliano Ruiz and throughout the last few years, I’ve witnessed my sisters being doled out to members of the Luciano Mafia. The cartel has also taken famiglia women. It doesn’t matter if it’s the Luciano famiglia’s turn to take a bride. My mind is set—it’s my turn. I never imagined marrying a young bride until I caught sight of Isabella Luciano. She’s only eighteen, and with her long yellow hair and big brown eyes, she’s a vision to behold. She sees me, however, through the tinted lens of her father’s hatred. Carmine Luciano’s disdain of the cartel and the alliance isn’t a secret. His opinion won’t stop me. I’ll prove to Isabella that even bad men can be good husbands. No matter what her father says or what happens in our war, Isabella will be mine. Have you been Aleatha’d?