Ruthless Reign
(2025)(The fifth book in the Gallagher Crime Family series)
A novel by Ryan Stacks and S R Watson
From USA Today Bestselling Authors S.R. Watson and Ryan Stacks, comes an enemies to lovers dark mafia romance that is intense, twisted, and binge worthy.
Ruthless. Relentless. Feared. As an Italian Mafia boss, I reign superior over the underworld of New York, or so I’m told. As a man whose life has just been reset after awakening without my memories, I’m in a vulnerable state. I only have my backstory from my consigliere to go on. I’m in a precarious position as I fight to remember my true identityall while hiding my amnesia from my men and my enemies.
Giana De Luca is an Italian princess who is by my side when I awake from my induced coma. She is
Mine to Claim
Mine to Own
Mine to Deflower
It doesn’t matter that she has been betrothed to me for the past two years. I can’t remember my love for her, and thus I’m not the man she fell in love with. I call off our engagement. I don’t want to be held hostage by our past. I need to embrace what a new reality may mean for me I need to be free to explore what a new version of me may look like.
Hurt but determined, Giana remains loyal and refuses to leave my side while I navigate the lessons needed to resume being the man I’m destined to be. My gut warns me that she may be harboring secrets of her own, so what could she be hiding?
Nothing is ever as it seems, not even with the people you’re supposed to trust the most. Darkness and deception lurk behind every corner, threatening to unravel falsehoods and plots orchestrated to destroy me. Can I uncover the truth before the lies prevail?
WARNING: 18+ only. This book contains scenes that may be triggering to some readers. Please read responsibly.
Genre: Historical Romance
Ruthless. Relentless. Feared. As an Italian Mafia boss, I reign superior over the underworld of New York, or so I’m told. As a man whose life has just been reset after awakening without my memories, I’m in a vulnerable state. I only have my backstory from my consigliere to go on. I’m in a precarious position as I fight to remember my true identityall while hiding my amnesia from my men and my enemies.
Giana De Luca is an Italian princess who is by my side when I awake from my induced coma. She is
Mine to Claim
Mine to Own
Mine to Deflower
It doesn’t matter that she has been betrothed to me for the past two years. I can’t remember my love for her, and thus I’m not the man she fell in love with. I call off our engagement. I don’t want to be held hostage by our past. I need to embrace what a new reality may mean for me I need to be free to explore what a new version of me may look like.
Hurt but determined, Giana remains loyal and refuses to leave my side while I navigate the lessons needed to resume being the man I’m destined to be. My gut warns me that she may be harboring secrets of her own, so what could she be hiding?
Nothing is ever as it seems, not even with the people you’re supposed to trust the most. Darkness and deception lurk behind every corner, threatening to unravel falsehoods and plots orchestrated to destroy me. Can I uncover the truth before the lies prevail?
WARNING: 18+ only. This book contains scenes that may be triggering to some readers. Please read responsibly.
Genre: Historical Romance
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