The Emperor (Dark Verse #3)
RuNyx
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
4.36
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 58 ratings · 358 pages · Published: 06 Jan 2021
Heir to the notorious Tenebrae Outfit, Dante Maroni has been trained since birth. A silent rebel in the shadows, he has learned to hide his ruthlessness under his charm, his brutality under his suits, and his love for one woman under his silence. Infiltrating the Syndicate responsible for the missing children, Dante discovers information that shatters his reality and forces him to trigger a lethal game.
Daughter of the Maroni housekeeper, Amara has loved Dante for longer than she's known it. Abducted and tortured at the young age of fifteen, she loses herself, her life, and her home as she knows it. Years after, unknowingly protected, she's found some semblance of normalcy when her world collapses again, forcing her to join the game.
Mysteries are unraveled. Secrets are discovered. And their young love is transformed, replaced by a deep intimacy, power, and survival.
The reluctant king and inevitable queen play.
An empire of death is born.
Tagged as:
- mafia 8
- friends to lovers 8
- contemporary 7
- alpha male 7
- tortured heroine 7
- pregnancy 7
- angst 6
- possessive hero 6
- age gap 5
- secret relationship 5
- dark romance 4
- suspense 4
- forbidden love 4
- dual pov 4
- class difference 3
- praise kink 3
- mystery 2
- sweet/gentle hero 2
- hurt/comfort 2
- new adult 1
- take-charge heroine 1
- third person pov 1
- found family 1
- m-f romance 1
- virgin heroine 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- rape 4
- miscarriage / infertility 3
- suicide / ideation 2
- past sexual abuse 2
- third party sexual assault 1
- abuse 1
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The 'Dark Verse' series
384 ratings 4.12 ·
mystery · contemporary · mafia · dark · alpha male · length-medium · suspense · strong heroine · from hate to love · possessive hero · m-f · cold hero · hurt-comfort · found-family · age difference · abuse · new adult · explicit-plentiful · urban · angst
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