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Crown of Ruin: A Dark Mafia Romance of Power and Obsession
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 9 2026
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A single murder in an alleyway changed the city forever. For me, it signed my death warrant.
Lyra Thorne is a bartender in the Narrows, just trying to survive the daily grind. But when she accidentally witnesses the ruthless assassination of a mafia patriarch, her quiet life is violently erased. She becomes the most dangerous loose end in Valerius City, hunted by the men who pulled the trigger.
To stay alive, Lyra is taken captive by the dead man's son-Kaelen Vance.
Kaelen is the cold, calculating, and lethal new king of the Vance syndicate. He locks Lyra away in his impenetrable fortress, intending to use her as the ultimate weapon to destroy his enemies. He operates like a machine, completely devoid of mercy, and rules his empire with an iron fist.
But the line between captive and queen is razor-thin.
As a deadly war consumes the streets and the boundaries within the estate begin to blur, Lyra realizes the only thing more dangerous than the rival syndicate hunting her is the monster keeping her safe. Kaelen vowed to burn the city to the ground to protect her. But as their undeniable, explosive chemistry ignites, Lyra has to ask herself: what happens when the flames consume them both?
Crown of Ruin is a dark, high-tension mafia romance featuring a morally grey alpha male, forced proximity, and a heroine who refuses to break. Contains mature themes and intense situations.
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