RAFFAELE: A Dark Mafia Romance

He took her to keep a secret. He never planned to keep her.Raffaele Castellano owns this city the way winter owns the lake - silently, absolutely, without mercy. He has buried every man who ever threatened what is his. So when a trauma nurse works the wrong shift, saves the wrong life, and walks out holding a name that could set his empire on fire, the Don does the only thing he knows how to do.He takes her home.But Aurora Vale is no one's prisoner. She has stared down the most dangerous man in the city without blinking - because she already survived a monster far worse, the same monster Raffaele has hunted in silence for seven years. She won't be locked up. She won't be handled. And she will not be saved by the man who stole her, no matter how the dark in him calls to the dark in her.He keeps her behind walls of stone and gold and tells himself it's to protect a secret. The truth is, he knew her name long before that night - and that secret could break her. The truth is, the wound she carries could break him. And the enemy who shattered them both is still breathing.In a house where safe and kept make exactly the same sound, the most dangerous thing either of them can do is fall. Because a future means walking straight back into the dark that nearly killed her - and it means a ruthless man learning whether love is something you cage... or something you set free.He could break the world to keep her. The question is whether he'll let her save it instead.RAFFAELE is a full-length, standalone dark mafia romance: a possessive antihero, a survivor heroine who refuses to be rescued, a slow burn that earns every spark, found family, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. No cliffhanger. No cheating.Content note: for readers 18+. Contains explicit content, violence, and references to past trauma. A full content note is included inside the book.

Pagina's: 365, Paperback, Independently published