Stay Wicked is a dark mafia romance standalone with high heat, a morally gray, protective don, and a deliberate, quiet-strong heroine. Power here is a promise, consent is the rule, and love learns to breathe under fire. 🔥🖤
When an uneasy alliance forces Ilyra Kade into Severin Vesperi’s tower, the city expects a docile arrangement. Instead it gets a covenant written in red thread, rules, and ruthless tenderness. He is a strategist who protects without spectacle. She is a calm blade who chooses obedience as craft, not cage. A forged signature, a gallery heist, a dockside ambush, bells that ring for the living—every move pulls them tighter until trust becomes the most dangerous weapon of all. ⛓️🕯️🔔
Why readers click Buy Now
✅ Dark Romance + Mafia Romance done consent-forward
✅ High-heat intimacy with safeword on the page and aftercare that counts
✅ Protective, possessive antihero who follows her signals
✅ Quiet, steel-spined heroine who leads from the shadows
✅ Arranged alliance, forced proximity, found family vibes (Saint, Vida)
✅ Heists, chapel vows, red-thread symbolism, ‘touch-her-and-die’ energy
✅ Standalone with HEA and zero cliffhanger
Trope & keyword quick list
💣 Dark Mafia Romance • 🖤 Morally Gray Don • 🔥 High Heat • 🎯 Protective Possessive MMC
🏹 Silent-Strong FMC • 🤝 Arranged Alliance • 🚨 Forced Proximity • 🔐 Consent-Forward Power Exchange
🧭 Found Family • 🎭 Crime and Consequence • 💍 HEA
What to expect
* Slow-burn control that turns incendiary when earned
* Public restraint, private devotion, praise as medicine
* A heroine who refuses to audition for belief and a hero who learns that power stops on command
Content notes
This novel contains adult themes, organized-crime danger, and explicit but consensual high-heat scenes with clear boundaries, safeword, and aftercare. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed. 🔒💗
If you crave dark, spicy, consent-first mafia romance where the antihero protects the city and the heroine rewrites the rules, tie your thread and step into Stay Wicked.
Genre: Romance
When an uneasy alliance forces Ilyra Kade into Severin Vesperi’s tower, the city expects a docile arrangement. Instead it gets a covenant written in red thread, rules, and ruthless tenderness. He is a strategist who protects without spectacle. She is a calm blade who chooses obedience as craft, not cage. A forged signature, a gallery heist, a dockside ambush, bells that ring for the living—every move pulls them tighter until trust becomes the most dangerous weapon of all. ⛓️🕯️🔔
Why readers click Buy Now
✅ Dark Romance + Mafia Romance done consent-forward
✅ High-heat intimacy with safeword on the page and aftercare that counts
✅ Protective, possessive antihero who follows her signals
✅ Quiet, steel-spined heroine who leads from the shadows
✅ Arranged alliance, forced proximity, found family vibes (Saint, Vida)
✅ Heists, chapel vows, red-thread symbolism, ‘touch-her-and-die’ energy
✅ Standalone with HEA and zero cliffhanger
Trope & keyword quick list
💣 Dark Mafia Romance • 🖤 Morally Gray Don • 🔥 High Heat • 🎯 Protective Possessive MMC
🏹 Silent-Strong FMC • 🤝 Arranged Alliance • 🚨 Forced Proximity • 🔐 Consent-Forward Power Exchange
🧭 Found Family • 🎭 Crime and Consequence • 💍 HEA
What to expect
* Slow-burn control that turns incendiary when earned
* Public restraint, private devotion, praise as medicine
* A heroine who refuses to audition for belief and a hero who learns that power stops on command
Content notes
This novel contains adult themes, organized-crime danger, and explicit but consensual high-heat scenes with clear boundaries, safeword, and aftercare. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed. 🔒💗
If you crave dark, spicy, consent-first mafia romance where the antihero protects the city and the heroine rewrites the rules, tie your thread and step into Stay Wicked.
Genre: Romance
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