How do I know my husband despises me? He calls me enemy before he calls me wife. Leonardo Chiaroscuro marries me like it’s an execution. Cold eyes. Ruthless hands. A playboy prince forced to bed the daughter of his rival. He humiliates me in private. Claims me in public. And when his control slips, it’s terrifying how much he wants me. I learn too late that this marriage was never meant to last. I go home seeking answers. And am locked inside betrayal. Told my baby was a mistake. One they plan to erase after my husband dies. I escape to warn him. Gunfire greets me instead. His father is dead. His empire is ashes. And Leonardo looks at me like I pulled the trigger. He disappears. I’m taken. And as the enemy presses a hand to my stomach, they smile… Because they know exactly what I’m carrying. Author’s Destructive Ties is a dark mafia romance series of interconnected standalones. Each book follows a different couple, but the betrayals—and consequences—carry through the series. Recommended reading Oath of Deceit → Bonds of Betrayal → Covenant of Loss → Vow of Destruction → Chains of Recompense.

“Your husband is dead.” He says it like a sentence. Then he takes me anyway. Michelangelo Chiaroscuro murders the pakhan… and kidnaps the bride. I’m dragged into his war. Forced into his bed. Married to the man who shattered my life. He watches me like prey. Counts my steps. Locks every door I try to run through. But the monster who took me doesn’t touch me like one. He waits. He learns where my first husband broke me. And the longer I resist, the harder it is to hate him. Then the truth bleeds out. The brother he killed was his by blood. The Bratva throne was stolen from him as a baby. And my new husband is the rightful heir to the empire he destroyed. When I see the rage in his eyes, I finally understand… Violence is in their blood. So I run. Because I’m carrying something he can never know about. Something that will chain me to him forever. And when he finds me… I don’t know if he’ll claim me— or end us both. Author’s Destructive Ties is a dark mafia romance series of interconnected standalones. Each book follows a different couple, but the betrayals—and consequences—carry through the series. Recommended reading Oath of Deceit → Bonds of Betrayal → Covenant of Loss → Vow of Destruction → Chains of Recompense.

I’m handed to him in silk and silence. _A bride traded for power. A vow made for men who plan wars._ Sandro Chiaroscuro doesn’t smile at the altar. He doesn’t touch me either. Just signs the contract and walks away—like I’m already his. They call him the family’s mad dog. The one they unleash when mercy is a mistake. At night, he comes home bleeding. By morning, he’s gone again. I learn to clean blood from my hands without asking how it got there. Somewhere between his restraint and my obedience, His eyes start lingering. His control starts slipping. And my body starts keeping secrets. I count days. Hide nausea behind smiles. Pray the truth doesn’t surface before it’s strong enough to survive him. Then the war finds us. Steel bars. Darkness. Screams he swallows without breaking. Until they grab me. Until terror rips something fragile and forbidden from my mouth—something that was never part of the deal. The look on Sandro’s face changes everything. The chains don’t hold him after that. The room doesn’t survive him either. And as blood hits the floor, one truth settles deep in my I wasn’t married for love. Or alliances. Or heirs. _I was married to a man who will burn the world down for what’s already growing inside me._ Author’s Destructive Ties is a dark mafia romance series of interconnected standalones. Each book follows a different couple, but the betrayals—and consequences—carry through the series. Recommended reading Oath of Deceit → Bonds of Betrayal → Covenant of Loss → Vow of Destruction → Chains of Recompense.