Dnf

I always said I wanted to grow up to be just like my mother—a small army of mates at my side, and more power than I know what to do with. But now that I'm facing the decision to upend everything we've worked so hard for, I'm caught at the crossroads between fate and free will.

The gatekeepers of the New York underworld have met their match, but this mafia princess isn't going to bow to them without a fight... I was raised to be a mafia queen. I spent years learning the family business. I trained to become the ruthless leader my family needs me to be. But it was all for nothing. On my eighteenth birthday, my father told me I would be marrying our enemy. And what’s worse? He’s known that was my fate since I drew my first breath. So I do the only thing I can. I run. But when my ‘would be’ husband’s men leave me beaten and broken in an alley, the last place I expect to find myself is in the inner sanctum of the Syndicate of the Legion, and now the four men who control the five families of New York, also control my future. Bishop wants to fix me. Kovu wants to make me bleed. Crew wants to use me. And Kaos? He wants me dead. This is a dark why choose romance with four morally grey MMC’s. There are themes in this book that some may find triggering, and I urge you to check the content note before reading. This is the first of four books, and it does finish on a cliffhanger.

The trials are over. The game has only just begun... I came to Dariu to win a husband—and an empire. I wasn't prepared for that husband to be so set in his brutal ways, for his people to see our marriage as a bad omen... or for my heart to be aching for three princes I can't have. I can't afford to let any of those problems stop me. My kingdom is counting on me, and all the conquered countries of the empire need my help. I'll win the respect of every skeptic and enemy, no matter what dangers I have to face. But when rebellion stirs in one of the outer kingdoms and my husband starts taking out his fury on the men I hold dearest, I'm not sure how much more sacrifice I can bear. To bring about the peace I've dreamed of, must I wage my own private war against the man I swore to serve? \A Pact of Blood is the second book in a new fantasy romance series with a sizzling enemies\-to\-lovers romance, smoldering morally grey men, and a determined heroine they'll regret underestimating. There are more books to come.\ This book contains a scene of attempted SA by the villain.