Romans Dark Romance Mafia & Histoires Second Chance

BLURB: Five years ago, Odessa Romano died. At least, that was what Don Alessino De Luca was forced to believe. Betrayed by the woman he trusted most, the ruthless mafia king buried her memory alongside the empire she helped destroy. Until one night…he sees her again. Alive. Breathing. Hiding secrets. “You faked your death,” Alessino said coldly. His hand tightened around her waist possessively as his dark eyes locked onto hers. “Now tell me, cara…” “Who gave you permission to come back into my life?” *Trigger Warning* This story contains: violence, forced marriage, kidnapping, betrayal, possessive/obsessive behavior, past trauma, and non-consensual/dubious consent sexual situations. Read at your own discretion.

Isabella Hart gave up everything to build an ordinary life with Ethan Blackwood including the truth about who she really is. When Ethan accuses her of corporate betrayal based on forged evidence and files for divorce, she signs without defending herself, unwilling to reveal the secret that could put them both in danger: she is eleven weeks pregnant, and she is the last heir of the Romano crime family. As Ethan uncovers the deception behind the divorce and races to win her back, Isabella is drawn back into a world of arranged marriages, old family debts, and a conspiracy thirty years in the making one that orchestrated their marriage's collapse from the very beginning. Both must decide how far they'll go to protect the truth, each other, and the child caught between two dangerous legacies.

Liana Hart had built her whole life around two people, her fiancé Xavier Kane and her best friend Freya Morgan. Hours before her wedding, she discovers their affair, and marries Xavier anyway to protect her family's legacy. It's the last mistake she'll ever make as Liana. On the way to her own wedding, she's abducted and pushed off a cliff, left to die by the two people she trusted most. She survives, but loses everything she remembers. Mafia boss Adrian Blackwood finds her broken and unconscious, and gives her a new name, Diana, and a new life inside his dangerous world. As his rivalry with his stepbrother Ethan intensifies, both men are drawn to her, unaware of who she really is. But memories don't stay buried forever. As fragments of her past return, Diana edges closer to a truth far bigger than betrayal, one that will bring her old life crashing into her new one, and give her the one thing Xavier and Freya never planned for: a reckoning.

Lyra Jenson was just a tool to her father, yet she longed for the life she never had. Remy Hawthorne ruled his own world, deciding who stays and who dies. In a city where power is perfection and ugly secrets are the downfall of the elite, Lyra became a chess on the board. Having agreed to marry Remy despite his ruthless reputation, she clings to him as her only way out of her bitter family house. The marriage preparations proceed until the day that changes everything: Lyra is confirmed pregnant. The father is unknown to anyone. The ruthless Hawthorne family sees it as a calculated insult to their name and will do everything to destroy the Jensons. But before they can act, the bride disappears. Remy will stop at nothing to find her, because despite everything, she is someone he considers his, and something he refuses to lose, even if she carries another man’s child. As he searched, darker questions arose. Who is the father of her child? Why did she disappear? Is she dead or was she taken? Who has she become in her absence? And when the truth finally surfaces, who will it destroy?

Daisy. He's the father of my children, my tormentor... and my darkest obsession. Six years ago, I did something terrible. I broke up with him and eloped with another man. But now he's back, seeking vengeance. He abducts me, forcing me to live in his mansion as his captive mistress. But I refuse to surrender. I won't be his sex slave, no matter how hard he tries to break me. He's Vladimir Romanov, the ruthless Bratva king. He's the one who makes the darkness shiver with fear. I want to hate him. But why does my soul stir with every piercing glance? Why does my pulse falter with every deliberate brush of skin? Fool that I am. Vladimir. My mission is simple: One - Find Daisy Reynolds, Two - Make her pay for her betrayal. For a hardened Russian Mafia boss like me, killing her wouldn't be a challenge. It's dealing with a woman too delicate, too sweet, and too off limits for a beast like me. She's my weakness, my obsession. And now, my prisoner. I crave her destruction, and I want to savor every moment of her agony. To achieve that, I must capture her and claim her as my own, binding her to me as my sex slave.

"You thought you could run from me, Vivienne?" Draven growled, his hand pulling my hair back to force my eyes onto his. A hard shiver ran through me as he pinned my hands above my head on the silk sheets, his heavy body trapping me underneath him. "Draven... please..." "Beg me," he demanded, his lips touching my neck as his hand slid up my thigh. "Beg me to forgive you." "Please," I gasped, completely helpless under his touch. "Good girl," he whispered, his dark eyes filled with cold control. "You owe me five million dollars, Vivienne. And you're going to pay back every single cent on your knees." ……………………………………….. Vivienne thought she had successfully escaped Draven five years ago. She was wrong. Forced to return to the dangerous man she left behind, she signs away her freedom to pay off a huge five million dollar debt. Draven pays every penny but he demands her complete obedience in return. Trapped in his home and forced to become his kept woman, Vivienne must obey his every command while hiding a big secret: Her sick boy isn't four years old. He's five. And Draven might be looking at his own son.

God forbid, a woman only wants stability, a peaceful life, a high paying job—not rich, but stable. She was given six months to live. Six months to work, to support her family, and six months to stand as his contractual wife. Despite her own battles, Lana's top priority is her mother who needs constant support the most, setting aside her own necessities just to make sure she has enough means to put food above the table. Enters Salvatore; a widowed man, the timid, stoic, authoritative and a ruthless King of the underground. He has a heart of stone, covered in dark flames surrounding his body. Lost his wife in a tug of war, Salvatore vowed he won't marry again, until a woman appeared who had the same face as his allegedly dead wife began to shake his world. Yet fate has other plans. She can't remember even a single memory.

“You want to destroy me, Bela?” he rasped against my skin, his hand sliding down my stomach, gathering the fabric of my skirt and shoving it up over my hips. He ripped my thin cotton underwear aside with a single, harsh tug. “Look at me while you do it.” Bela Dela Costa only wanted to survive one more shift at a luxury Milan club until Seb Ricaforte walked in. He was never meant to love her. But he did, and that was the beginning of everything that shattered them. Now, years after her supposed death, Seb gives her an order that freezes her blood—quit her job and become his sex slave. Bela is torn between dying again or letting herself be once again captured by Milan’s most dangerous mafia syndicate’s don. “You are mine,” he growled out into my skin, his voice deep, dark, and utterly territorial. “You have always been mine, Bela.”

Nora Dalton’s life collapses in a single night. Her parents are murdered, her brother is kidnapped, and her fiancé abandons her for a richer family alliance. When the man responsible for her destruction—Adriano Greco, the feared mafia heir—forces her into an engagement contract, Nora agrees only to save her brother. Adriano believes Nora’s family destroyed his, and he is determined to take everything she has left. But as Nora enters his dangerous world, she begins to see cracks in the monster everyone fears. He protects her, shields her with his own body, and his enemies become her enemies. When the truth behind their families’ past begins to unravel, Nora discovers the real villain is someone far more powerful—someone who manipulated both sides and wants them all dead. Caught between revenge, betrayal, and a forbidden pull she can’t explain, Nora must decide if the man she swore to kill is the only one who can save her. Their forced engagement becomes a war of hearts and secrets— and the truth may destroy them before love has the chance to save them.

“Rule number one,” Dante said, his voice a low, lethal purr that ran straight to my core. I stared at his gray eyes like a helpless doe at the mercy of a wolf. Defenseless yet willing. Standing tall and imposing in his black dress shirt and black jeans, he looked like a sin I hadn’t yet committed and one I was bound to commit. Willing to commit. I swallowed, staring at him. I could leave, he wouldn't care if I did, but desperation and something I couldn't mention pinned me here. “With me, there is no romance, no kissing, no nice words, and definitely no love,” he continued, taking slow, predatory steps toward me Six months. Six rules. One forbidden temptation. Julianna Russo is six months away from marrying Alistair Marchetti, heir to one of New York's most powerful mafia families. There's only one problem, Alistair believes she's the sexually experienced woman he craves. But she isn't. When a desperate lie traps her in an engagement she cannot escape, Julianna turns to the one man dangerous enough to help her survive her wedding night. Dante Marchetti, Alistair's elder brother, the exiled son and the man who broke her heart three years ago. Dante agrees to teach her everything she needs to know before the wedding. But every lesson brings them closer, their secret arrangement threatens exposure and every stolen moment risks starting a war inside the Marchetti family. As old betrayals resurface and buried truths come to light, Julianna must choose between duty and desire. Between the man she is supposed to marry… and the man she never stopped loving.

In a story that depicts power, misunderstandings, and devious plots, Brielle Arwen's life takes an unexpectedly dark turn when her father's debtor attacks the family, literally taking away everything she ever cherished and became collateral to pay back her father's debt. After enduring abuse for 2 agonizing years, her heartless young master lets her go without the knowledge that she carried his seed. But Brielle leaves anyway, crossing paths with an Samaritan in the form of one Miss Camila Jeffrey who takes her in and caters to her until she gives birth to her unborn child. They eventually become the best of friends. Getting back on her feet, Brielle works relentlessly to earn a living for her daughter and herself. Years pass, and Brielle works as a detective in a high-end security corporation. But fate comes again to test her resilience and Brielle finds herself as the lead investigator to a company owned by a certain Marcello Hayes, the same man who had put her life to an abrupt stop when she was helpless. Could she execute the job effectively without the distraction of her past trauma? Would she in a fit of redemption implicate him faster so she could have him done and over with? Would she tell him about the pregnancy she hid from him? Or was she going to find more than she actually bargained for?

Elena Marchetti dies at twenty-six. A hand closes around her throat. Freezing harbor water fills her lungs. The man who should've saved her stands on the dock, just a few seconds too late. Then she wakes up. Sixteen again. Same house, same family, same future waiting to kill her all over. The Marchettis run one of the city's most dangerous crime families, and their power comes from an old leather ledger , a book that records every debt, marriage, and death like it's already decided. Elena's name is inside it. So is the day she dies. She's got ten years now to change that. The ledger belongs to Vittoria Marchetti, the matriarch who ordered Elena's death the first time and believes she's protecting the family by controlling its future. Her nephew Renzo, the one who actually did the killing, is already circling, waiting for another chance. Then there's Matteo — the son who should've inherited everything, until one mistake cost him his father's trust and his belief he's worth saving. He doesn't know Elena remembers his hands on her while she died, her name breaking in his voice as the water took her. She's carried that memory in a sixteen-year-old's body for months. He doesn't trust her. But something about her makes him want to try anyway. Elena has one real choice: trust the man who let her die once, or walk the same road and see if it kills her twice. Every move she makes to save herself puts someone else in danger instead. She's done letting others write her ending. She's going to rewrite it herself -- even if it means burning down everything her family has ever believed in.

Two years ago, a car explosion outside an expensive restaurant in Guadalajara left behind ash, and DNA evidence confirming the death of Xitllali De La Rosa. The world believed the submissive, quiet wife of the city’s most brutal mafia enforcer was gone forever. In reality, Xitllali planned her own death, and she fled into the misty highlands of Chiapas, changed her name, and started over. She opened a small floral shop and tried to build the quiet life she'd always wanted. For two years, it worked. Until the afternoon the bell above her shop door rings, and the ghost of her past steps inside. Guillermo, the husband she ran away from, came before her. She was expecting a bullet to the heart for abandoning the cartel, but she got really surprised when the most feared man in Mexico drops to one knee, slides a gun across the wooden counter, and lowers his head. He knew she faked her death. He let her run. And for twenty-four brutal months, he burned the entire underworld to the ground, slaughtering every person that wanted to hurt her. He didn't come back to kill her. He's here to ask for a second chance.

Taryn Vescari "You don't belong to the Falcones anymore, little girl. You belong to me." For years, I was nothing more than syndicate debt trash in the lawless Vescari District. I survived by keeping my head down, serving drinks at the Black Crown Lounge, and taking beatings from Rocco Falcone—the ruthless mob heir who made my life a living hell. I thought my fight for survival was just against the streets. I was wrong. When an unsanctioned underground fight night ends in absolute blood and chaos, my entire life is ripped out of my hands. Don Salvatore Falcone settles his debts by transferring my contract to the most feared man in the underworld: Vittorio Moretti. They call him the Dark Don. A dangerous, possessive syndicate leader who rules the Umbra territory with an iron fist and a blood-stained reputation. He claims he bought my debt to settle a score, but the dark, suffocating heat in his eyes tells a very different story. Trapped in the dangerous luxury of the Moretti Palazzo, I’m caught between the vengeful mob prince who wants to break me and the lethal mafia Don who wants to claim every inch of my soul. In a world built on mafia romance, brutal betrayals, and possessive dark lust, I have to learn how to fight back before I become collateral damage in their mob war.

Valentina Vatteli wanted nothing to do with her father's world. She was the daughter of one of Russia's most feared mafia bosses, and all she ever wanted was a normal life. On her 21st birthday she left everything behind, including Renzo—the man she loved when he refused to leave with her. Three years later, Valentina finally had the life she wanted. A good job. A peaceful home. And a fiancé she thought she could trust. Until she witnessed a murder. Forced to return to Russia, Valentina finds herself face-to-face with the man who broke her heart. Then her fiancé betrays her. And just when she thinks things can't get any worse, she discovers that her entire relationship was a lie. Someone had been watching her for years, Someone who planned everything. And Valentina was never just a witness, she was the target. Now, she has to decide whether to run from the world she escaped or become the mafia heiress she was born to be. But this time, Renzo is ready to fight by her side and he won't let her go again.

"I’ll marry you... but only if you save my mother," Melinda Jason whispered, her voice trembling with raw desperation as she stood before the intimidating billionaire Stanley Stewart. He looked at her with cold piercing eyes and replied, “Fine. But you’ll give me an heir. That’s the only reason I need a wife.” She ran to him with guts and reckless hope, signing the contract marriage that promised to save her dying mother. On their wedding night, however, Stanley tore away her virginity in the most humiliating way possible. “You’re nothing but a vessel,” he said coldly as he took her without emotion, leaving her shattered and bleeding on silk sheets. “Don’t expect love. This is a transaction!!” When Melinda discovered she was pregnant, she dared to hope again. “Maybe this baby will change everything,” she whispered to herself, gently touching her stomach. But fate delivered a brutal betrayal. She overheard Stanley speaking to his family: “She was only ever a breeding vessel. Once the child is born, we take him and dispose of her. She means nothing to me.” Heartbroken and furious, Melinda swore her child would never become a pawn in his dangerous mafia empire. She vanished without a trace, faking her death to protect her unborn baby. Six years later, the world knows her as Dr. Melinda Jason, a brilliant, untouchable neurosurgeon radiating power, beauty, and icy poise. Now the tables have turned. The man who once used her so cruelly is on his knees before her, his voice breaking as he begs, “Melinda… please. Give me a chance to make this right.” Will she destroy the billionaire who broke her… or finally do him to the fullest?

Anne Mancini died six years ago. At least, that’s what Luca Romani—the ruthless Don of the Italian mafia—was forced to believe. He mourned her. Buried her memory deep inside his cold, violent heart. But he never stopped loving the woman who vanished without a trace. Now she’s back. Alive. Hiding under a false name. Desperate to uncover the truth about her past while protecting the son Luca was never supposed to know existed. But secrets do not survive in Luca’s world. When he discovers Anne alive after years of grief and betrayal, his love turns into obsession. His obsession turns into revenge. And revenge becomes something far more dangerous when he realizes the woman he hates is still the only one capable of destroying him. Because Anne carries more than secrets. She carries his child. His past. And a bloodline tied to Luca’s greatest enemy—the Russian mafia. Caught between two criminal empires, hunted by enemies on all sides, Anne and Luca are dragged into a brutal war fueled by betrayal, obsession, jealousy, and a love neither of them can kill. He should destroy her. Instead, he burns the world for her. But in the mafia, love is never gentle…And obsession always comes with blood. The Don’s Sinful Obsession is a dark mafia romance filled with enemies-to-lovers tension, secret children, betrayal, possessive antiheroes, dangerous passion, mafia wars, and emotionally addictive twists.

"I'm not staying here, you will take back home. I don't care if you are my boss or not, you can't just order me around. I refuse to be a pushover." I yelled, frustration growing on me. He pulled me by the waist onto himself, my front collude with his hard chest. I gasped from the sudden movement but the gasp died in my throat as he clashed his lips on mine. The kiss was rough fast but passionate, I was stunned from the emotion that leaked from me into the kiss. Even after all these years, I still have fierce feelings for him. I am shock from the feelings I still have for this man. We pulled apart, I was still dazed from the mind blowing kiss. "I should put those lips of yours into good use more, they talk too much." He left after, I gaped at the retreating car too stunned to say anything or react.

She was supposed to be dead. Emily has spent years living a life that was never truly hers, unaware that somewhere beneath the lies is a past powerful enough to destroy everything she knows. Then Dante De Luca enters her life. Their relationship begins with a contract. Nothing more. No feelings. No promises. But Dante is hiding something, So is Emily. As their arrangement slowly turns into something neither of them can control, Emily begins to notice that danger follows her wherever she goes. People she trusts begin disappearing, secrets from her past start resurfacing, and the man she's falling for seems to know far more about her than he should. Then Emily discovers the truth. She is the daughter of the Moretti family—the girl everyone believed died years ago. Her return threatens to awaken a war that was never truly over. And somewhere in the shadows, someone has been waiting for her to come back. Someone who knows exactly who Emily is. Someone who has been quietly pulling the strings. And someone who will do anything to make sure she never discovers the truth. Because Emily didn't survive her past by accident. Someone wanted her alive. And now someone wants her dead.

Lilith's parents taught her that everyone deserved a second chance, including the devil. But her parents are dead, along side her baby brother, and Lilith doesn't believe that the man responsible is even worth the consideration of second chance. Lilith Hayes and Javier Escobar were childhood best friends and each other's first love. But they got separated at sixteen when Javier's father had a business breakthrough and he had to move to Mexico. Before he left, Lilith and Javier promised to find each other when they got older to continue their love story, but that's just what it was. A silly teenage promise. Because nine years later, when they find each other, they're both on the opposite, yet same sides of the world. Lilith is an undercover FBI agent, sent to infilterate one of the most powerful mafia houses in Mexico–Los Muertos, and to gather dirt on the Head of House. And Javier? He's the Head of Los Muertos. When Lilith infilterates his world under the false name of Dakota Alister, she discovers three things. One: Javier is no longer the chubby nerd she was in love with. He's grown into a sexy ruthless devil who believes that love is just another form of weakness. Two: He still owned every inch of her body and heart, now even more so when he's a hardened criminal with the looks of a god. And even though she hates him to death for killing her family, her Judas of a body still responds to him. Three: The underworld is a game of survival and if she wants to kill him, she has to survive first.