Wicked Baby: A Dark Grumpy x Sunshine Mafia Romance
🖤🌹
I’m Marla—the nobody girl who walked into Café Verona with lint in my pockets and a smart mouth. He was just the barista with the crooked smile and the too-nice watch… until glass cracked, the safe clicked, and I learned his real name: Tyler Valenti. Secret heir. Protective antihero. The man who makes my heartbeat slow when the city speeds up.
Our meet-cute turned into a slow burn built on consent, coffee, and daylight truth. A silver key. A hidden ledger. A choice to break a crown instead of breaking people. When enemies tried to turn me into leverage, he didn’t cage me—he asked me to choose. I chose him… and the morning after.
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WHAT YOU’LL LOVE
* Dark mafia romance with a grumpy × sunshine twist
* Secret-heir hero × brave barista heroine (coffee shop meet-cute)
* Slow-burn tension, protective antihero, found-family warmth
* Kidnapping-for-leverage stakes and a smart, active heroine
* Consent-forward intimacy (our safe word is ‘rook’)—spice with respect
* City politics, truce-building, a villain you’ll love to hate
* True HEA, no cheating, no cliffhanger
INSIDE THE PAGES (NO SPOILERS)
* A protective antihero who chooses daylight over dominance
* Her voice, her agency, her rules—he listens
* Edge-of-seat rescue, receipts instead of crowns, a ledger turned to ash
* Crew you’ll adopt: Nonna’s soup, Luca’s loyalty, Mara’s code, Ivana’s garden
TROPES & SEO KEYWORDS
dark mafia romance, grumpy sunshine, secret heir, morally gray hero, protective antihero, coffee shop romance, slow burn, kidnapping rescue, found family, spicy HEA, redemption arc, possessive but respectful, strong heroine, spicy contemporary romance, standalone, Kindle Unlimited
CONTENT NOTES
Organized-crime violence, kidnapping for leverage, on-page peril; sensual open-door scenes that center consent and communication.
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If you’ve ever felt unseen, pull up a chair at Verona. I’ll pour your coffee, hand you a rook, and show you the only power worth keeping—the kind we use to love out loud.
Tap Buy Now or Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited. I saved you a seat by the window.
Genre: Romance
🖤🌹
I’m Marla—the nobody girl who walked into Café Verona with lint in my pockets and a smart mouth. He was just the barista with the crooked smile and the too-nice watch… until glass cracked, the safe clicked, and I learned his real name: Tyler Valenti. Secret heir. Protective antihero. The man who makes my heartbeat slow when the city speeds up.
Our meet-cute turned into a slow burn built on consent, coffee, and daylight truth. A silver key. A hidden ledger. A choice to break a crown instead of breaking people. When enemies tried to turn me into leverage, he didn’t cage me—he asked me to choose. I chose him… and the morning after.
—
WHAT YOU’LL LOVE
* Dark mafia romance with a grumpy × sunshine twist
* Secret-heir hero × brave barista heroine (coffee shop meet-cute)
* Slow-burn tension, protective antihero, found-family warmth
* Kidnapping-for-leverage stakes and a smart, active heroine
* Consent-forward intimacy (our safe word is ‘rook’)—spice with respect
* City politics, truce-building, a villain you’ll love to hate
* True HEA, no cheating, no cliffhanger
INSIDE THE PAGES (NO SPOILERS)
* A protective antihero who chooses daylight over dominance
* Her voice, her agency, her rules—he listens
* Edge-of-seat rescue, receipts instead of crowns, a ledger turned to ash
* Crew you’ll adopt: Nonna’s soup, Luca’s loyalty, Mara’s code, Ivana’s garden
TROPES & SEO KEYWORDS
dark mafia romance, grumpy sunshine, secret heir, morally gray hero, protective antihero, coffee shop romance, slow burn, kidnapping rescue, found family, spicy HEA, redemption arc, possessive but respectful, strong heroine, spicy contemporary romance, standalone, Kindle Unlimited
CONTENT NOTES
Organized-crime violence, kidnapping for leverage, on-page peril; sensual open-door scenes that center consent and communication.
—
If you’ve ever felt unseen, pull up a chair at Verona. I’ll pour your coffee, hand you a rook, and show you the only power worth keeping—the kind we use to love out loud.
Tap Buy Now or Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited. I saved you a seat by the window.
Genre: Romance
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