I buried my brother with blood on my hands and a vow in my mouth.
Then I walked into the lion’s den and let a monster put a crown of thorns on my wrist.
My name is Isabella DeLuca, and this is a dark mafia romance where I choose the rules—and the man who can make me follow them. Aleksa Markovic didn’t kill my brother, but he did something worse: he made me want the truth more than revenge. He’s a possessive, obsessive crime boss, the kind who speaks in orders and prayers. I’m the girl who refuses to kneel… until I decide when and why.
If you crave enemies to lovers, forbidden love, and a protective antihero who will burn a city to keep you breathing, welcome home. Expect gritty violence, filthy talk without fade-to-black, a safeword that actually matters, and a heartbeat that holds steady at sixty. Roses. Blood. Time. And a love that doesn’t ask—it claims. 🖤⏱️🌹
Read if you love:
• Dark mafia romance with an alpha antihero and a fierce heroine who never breaks—she bargains
• Obsessive, possessive hero • morally gray • ruthless protector
• High-stakes, high-heat (explicit language, no gratuitous gore)
• Found family side characters who can outshoot and out-snark
• Consent-forward power play with a real safeword: ‘Saint.’
Tropes & SEO tags: dark mafia romance, enemies to lovers, possessive hero, protective antihero, brutal obsession, billionaire crime boss, forced proximity, revenge to romance, morally gray, high heat romance, kidnapping twist, gritty crime family, queen and king dynamic.
Content notes: violence, bloodshed, criminal activity, stalking threats, foul language, explicit power dynamics with consent and safeword, on-page aftermath of injury. HEA guaranteed.
I thought vengeance would save me. Instead, I fell for the man who made time bow—and put my name on his watch. If you want a romance that tastes like smoke and roses, Filthy Mafia is waiting. '''
Genre: Romance
Then I walked into the lion’s den and let a monster put a crown of thorns on my wrist.
My name is Isabella DeLuca, and this is a dark mafia romance where I choose the rules—and the man who can make me follow them. Aleksa Markovic didn’t kill my brother, but he did something worse: he made me want the truth more than revenge. He’s a possessive, obsessive crime boss, the kind who speaks in orders and prayers. I’m the girl who refuses to kneel… until I decide when and why.
If you crave enemies to lovers, forbidden love, and a protective antihero who will burn a city to keep you breathing, welcome home. Expect gritty violence, filthy talk without fade-to-black, a safeword that actually matters, and a heartbeat that holds steady at sixty. Roses. Blood. Time. And a love that doesn’t ask—it claims. 🖤⏱️🌹
Read if you love:
• Dark mafia romance with an alpha antihero and a fierce heroine who never breaks—she bargains
• Obsessive, possessive hero • morally gray • ruthless protector
• High-stakes, high-heat (explicit language, no gratuitous gore)
• Found family side characters who can outshoot and out-snark
• Consent-forward power play with a real safeword: ‘Saint.’
Tropes & SEO tags: dark mafia romance, enemies to lovers, possessive hero, protective antihero, brutal obsession, billionaire crime boss, forced proximity, revenge to romance, morally gray, high heat romance, kidnapping twist, gritty crime family, queen and king dynamic.
Content notes: violence, bloodshed, criminal activity, stalking threats, foul language, explicit power dynamics with consent and safeword, on-page aftermath of injury. HEA guaranteed.
I thought vengeance would save me. Instead, I fell for the man who made time bow—and put my name on his watch. If you want a romance that tastes like smoke and roses, Filthy Mafia is waiting. '''
Genre: Romance
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