Contemporary Web Novels & Mafia Second Chance Stories

I had two choices. Get sold off by my father to an old decreipt man to seal a business deal OR Run away. *** Celestia Dominic, insisting on her refusal to get married to an old man, runs away to live her own life but by means of pure coincidence, she ends up with the same man who has every intention of wiping her out her entire family and worse, SHE MARRIES HIM! Now, Celestia must hide her identity and her location but she can't help the fact that she's falling for a person who won't hesitate to kill her and her father wants to bring her back home by all means.

Riya Lance was born into power but never freedom. Daughter of a ruthless hotel tycoon and heir to a fading fashion empire, her life was nothing but a cage wrapped in gold. That cage shattered the night she stood before all and declared her divorce, blowing apart the merger that bound her family to the feared Moreau dynasty. She was betrayed, ambushed, and thrown into the sea. She should have died. Instead, she survived; scarred, with broken memories and a burning need for revenge. With new allies in the shadows, Riya rose again, building herself into a ghost powerful enough to strike back. But the deeper she digs, the darker the truth becomes. The Moreaus were only pawns. The true mastermind is the Don; an unseen hand tied to her near death experience, her father’s sins, and the only man she ever trusted: Mateo Rutherfurd. Once her guide. Now her rival. As empires crumble and buried secrets rise, Riya must choose; between love and vengeance, blood and freedom. Because reclaiming her legacy will cost her everything… and survival may demand an unbelievable sacrifice.

She is a princess and a tool for political power that was being controlled by her clan. He is a prince and a mafia boss that can control everyone. They met each other, became friends and fell in love. But when they faced trouble, he decided to leave her. Will Clea take up the courage to finally break free from her clan’s control just to be with Andrel despite the trouble that he might bring into her life? Or will she just give up and let her clan dictate how she will live for the rest of her life?

Five years ago, Kamarah Ruse spent one forbidden night in the arms of Zephyr Kane — the ruthless Mafia Don who ruled the city’s most dangerous casinos. She ran the next morning, carrying a secret she swore he would never discover. Now, with her four-year-old son Nevan battling a life-threatening illness and mountains of medical debt crushing her, Kamarah has no choice but to return to the one place she vowed never to step foot in again: Zephyr’s empire. She takes the stage as a singer at his flagship casino, praying the lights and crowds will keep her hidden. They don’t. The moment Zephyr’s cold, possessive gaze finds her under the spotlight, her world collapses. He never forgave the woman who disappeared after one night in his bed. But when he discovers the sick little boy with his eyes is his son and heir — obsession turns into something far more dangerous. Kamarah belongs to him now. Her body. Her future. His child. Zephyr will stop at nothing to claim the family that was stolen from him. Even if it means binding the only woman he’s ever wanted to his side, forcing her to pay for every lost year in pleasure and pain. She ran from the devil once. This time, he won’t let her go.

One night. One contract. Three hundred and sixty-five days in the hands of a man she should never have touched.* Mary Blackwood never planned to inherit a dying empire. But when her father's company collapses under crushing debt, salvation arrives wearing a price she can't refuse. Andrew De la Cruz, San Andreas' youngest, most feared mafia king, offers five hundred million dollars to keep the Blackwood name alive. His condition is simple. *She becomes his wife for three hundred and sixty-five days.* What he doesn't say is that their story didn't begin with the contract. It began with one night neither of them will name again, a night Andrew erased with four words: *"That night meant nothing."* Now bound to him in a marriage built on power and silence, Mary is pulled into a world where loyalty is currency, betrayal is survival, and love is the most dangerous weakness of all. Because Andrew De la Cruz is not just a kingpin. He's a man built from secrets, violence, and an obsession he refuses to name. And Mary is not just his wife. She's the one thing his world was never meant to ruin, or keep alive. *One night started it. One year will decide who survives it.*

Seraphina Kade spent six years loving a man who was never real. On the night her father dies and her family's empire is stolen out from under her, she learns the truth: her fiancé Julian orchestrated it all, her own uncle Malcolm helped him, and the marriage she trusted was just a means to an end. When she refuses to sign away everything she has left, they kill her for it. She wakes up three years in the past, in her own bed, with every memory of her death intact. This time, she won't be naive. She won't trust Julian. And she won't wait to be saved. Instead, she turns to the one man she once feared more than anyone: Damon Voss, heir to the city's most dangerous crime family, and the only person who tried to save her the night she died. Her plan is as bold as it is dangerous. Marry her family's greatest enemy, and use his power to protect what's hers before her past can repeat itself. But Damon doesn't trust easily, and the Seraphina standing in front of him isn't the woman he remembers. She knows too much. She's changed too much. And he intends to find out why. As their strategic marriage pulls them into forced proximity, mafia politics, and a conspiracy that runs deeper than either of them realizes, Seraphina must fight to outsmart the people who destroyed her once already, all while falling for the one man she never expected to trust. This time, she intends to win. And she doesn't intend to do it alone.

To Ginevra Matteo, daughter of one of the most powerful mafia Dons in Italy, the timid sixteen year old who had asked her out on Valentine's ten years ago was just another one of the casualties that her father had gotten rid of, and was nothing but a distant memory. Fate has more than one surprise for her when her father's cartel starts to face issues, and her father decides to join alliances with the most powerful mafia group in Italy, Brave Hearts, by getting her married to the Godfather. The Godfather, Leone Luciano, the same boy who had stood before her with flowers, now stood before her, sporting a gun, a wicked smile and even more wicked intentions, and he was by no means the sixteen year-old she once knew.

A shattered engagement. A night of forbidden passion. And the ruthless mafia Don who now owns her. Elena DeLuca thought she was marrying the man she loved until she caught Marcus Rossi in bed with her stepsister. Betrayed and discarded, she drowns her pain in a stranger's arms for one searing, anonymous night. The stranger is Don Damien Rossi Marcus's feared, disfigured, wheelchair-bound uncle, a masked kingpin rumored to be as broken as he is deadly. By morning, Elena's father trades her to settle family debts and secure the Rossi alliance. She is sold without consent, handed over like cargo into a gilded cage. But the man behind the mask is far more than the world believes. As Elena clings to her dreams of becoming a fashion designer and navigates the deadly secrets of the Rossi empire, she uncovers Damien's greatest deception: his paralysis and scars are a carefully crafted lie. In private, he is whole, lethally handsome, and the only man who truly sees her strength. With vengeful exes, family betrayals, and a brewing mafia war closing in, Elena must choose: remain the pawn sold between powerful men, or claim her place as queen beside the most dangerous devil of all. In a world where loyalty is everything and love is the ultimate risk, falling for the man who bought her might be her most dangerous bargain yet.

She spent three years blind, pouring every ounce of love into her billionaire husband while doctors fought to restore her sight. On the day light finally returned, Clover Voss walked into Damian's office expecting joy and found his hand caressing his pregnant best friend's belly, whispering promises to their unborn child. Betrayed and heart shattered, she signs the divorce papers in fury and drowns the pain in tequila and one reckless night in the arms of a dangerous stranger–a ruthless mafia billionaire CEO who takes what he wants and never lets go. Now the world will watch as the woman he left in the dark rises, paints her pain into a masterpiece of revenge, and forces the mighty Damian Hale to his knees.

Raya Dante had everything—a loving fiancé, a best friend she trusted, and a seemingly perfect life—until the night she walked in on the ultimate betrayal. Thrown off a building and left for dead, she crashes onto the windshield of Italy’s most powerful and ruthless Mafia boss, Marcello Warner. Marcello has spent years searching for his lost fiancée and sister, and when he sees Raya’s face, he is convinced she is the woman he’s been desperately hunting for. With no memory of her past, Raya is thrust into a dangerous marriage with a man she doesn’t understand—one who holds the key to secrets buried deep within her shattered mind. As Marcello helps Raya take brutal revenge on those who wronged her, a new threat emerges—the same organization that tore them apart years ago. When a mysterious woman claiming to be Marcello’s real fiancée arrives, Raya’s entire existence is thrown into question. Is she truly the lost bride, or just a pawn in someone else’s deadly game? Betrayals mount, lies unravel, and with enemies lurking in the shadows, Raya must uncover the truth before she loses everything—including the man who swore he would never let her go. But when the final battle comes, will Marcello stand by her side, or will he believe the imposter who has stolen her place?

“Did I just hear you moan my name, Simone?” I look at him, eyes heavy-lidded with desire. I’d just come undone thinking about him, of course I’d say his name. “Yes, Daddy…” I murmur, biting down hard on my lower lip as I let my knees fall apart, unashamed of the glistening moisture slicking my thighs. “Or should I say Father King? Or Professor King?” I let out a low breath, tracking the dark, dangerous shift in his eyes. “I prefer Daddy though, but I’ll call you whatever gets your hands on me.” ~~~~ Simone Grayson slept with a stranger one reckless night and discovered too late that he was someone off-limits. He turned out to be her professor and was supposedly owned by God. What begins as a mistake turns into a quiet war between restraint and desire, faith and flesh, obedience and want. And when temptation lives under the same roof, avoiding it becomes impossible. Some lines aren’t meant to be crossed. Some are crossed anyway. This book is part of the Forbidden Allure series, but it can be read as a standalone. Book 1: My Jerk stepbrother Book 2: His pretty sin

“Tell me you hate me, Victoria,” his voice rasped as his hands slid beneath my skirt, “and I’ll stop.” But my moan betrayed me before my words even could but I still couldn’t let him win. “I hate you,” I whispered, even as my nails dug into his shoulders. He only smirked, dragging me against his hard length pressing into my belly. “Then hate me with your legs open, sweetheart. Because you’ll never hate me enough to stop wanting me.”Prosecutor Victoria Harper hasn’t felt wanted in months. Her fiancé, a rising politician, parades her like a trophy for his campaign but behind closed doors, he starves her of affection and feeds her bruises instead. Then a cruel twist of fate changes everything: she’s pregnant. And the father isn’t her fiancé. It’s Christian Malcolm, her high school bully turned ruthless mafia heir, the very man she’s been building a case to destroy. He’s dangerous. Possessive. Addicted to claiming her and the child growing inside her. And no matter how much she hates him, no matter how fiercely she vows to take him down, her body betrays her with every forbidden glance, every stolen touch. Now Victoria is caught between justice and desire; between the oath she swore to uphold and the man whose kiss sets her on fire. But what happens when the enemy she’s sworn to ruin is the only one who makes her feel alive? ⚠️ Content Warnings: Contains themes of abuse, coercion, emotional manipulation, dark romance, and mature sexual tension. Recommended for readers 18+.

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?