THORNS & SILK A Dark Mafia Romance Aria Voss spent her entire life trapped inside a gilded cage, raised in a world where fear was mistaken for obedience and bruises were hidden beneath silk dresses and expensive diamonds. To her father, she was nothing more than a debt waiting to be paid. And when the Voss empire begins to crumble, Aria is offered to the most dangerous man in Chicago as part of a bloody bargain. Dante Castellano. The ruthless Mafia King feared across the city. Cold. Violent. Untouchable. Men whisper his name with terror. Enemies disappear at his command. The world calls him a monster dressed in black suits and stained in blood. But the moment Dante notices the fear hiding behind Aria’s eyes, something inside him changes. What begins as a forced marriage soon turns into obsession, protection, and a love neither of them expected. Because beneath Dante’s cruelty lies a man capable of destroying entire empires for the woman who slowly becomes his world. And beneath Aria’s broken silence is a strength powerful enough to soften the Devil of Chicago himself. But love in the mafia world never comes without blood. Betrayal lurks in the shadows. War brews between rival families. And when enemies target the one thing Dante cannot survive losing, Chicago will burn for touching what belongs to him. In a world built on violence, can two damaged souls truly heal each other… or will their love destroy them both? THORNS & SILK is a dark mafia romance featuring: • Forced marriage • Possessive mafia hero • Slow-burn romance • Trauma & healing • Touch her and die • Emotional obsession • Found family • Protective hero • Angst, passion, and redemption