Manacled Hearts
a slow burn, age gap mafia romance
I found salvation in his underworld.
But he looks at me like I’m his damnation.
Alone and homeless after my family was torn apart, my only goal was to protect my little sister. I failed. Being kidnapped and trafficked across the country shattered the life I was still piecing back together.
The Sanctum saved us. Provided refuge. A temporary haven within their criminal empire. While our enemies still lurk, plotting and hunting, the jagged scars I gained to protect Maya cannot heal.
Still, The Sanctum’s resident playboy treats me with dismay. Finnigan Hennessey hides behind possessive, infuriating arrogance, yet his broken soul calls out to mine. He’s determined to deny the tempting, forbidden heat between us, but I don’t care about the eleven years separating us.
Finn is everything I should hate. After all, his world destroyed mine. But not all villains are the same shade, and in my quest for revenge, my hidden colors are surfacing.
I’m not the innocent victim he thinks I am, and he’s not the heartless jerk I took him to be.
Will he forever deny our magnetic attraction? Or will he break my soul long before our enemies even get the chance?
The Sanctum Syndicate — Book 3
This is a series of interconnected standalones. The books do not have to be read in order, but it’s recommended for a better understanding of the world.
✦ 11 years age gap
✦ delicious slow burn
✦ found family
✦ sister’s guardian
✦ opposites attract
✦ emotionally scarred hero
✦ innocent, but feisty heroine
✦ loves only her cooking 🤤
✦ cocky playboy hero
✦ forbidden love
✦ revenge
✦ organised crime
✦ graphic violence
✦ knife and gun violence
✦ sexual assault
✦ rape
✦ memories of forced drug use
✦ memory loss
✦ PTSD
✦ murder
✦ sex trafficking of both adults and children
★★★★★
“OMG!! This was just so freaking good!! My heart was in a chokehold the whole way through, and my emotions were played with continually. Evelyn and Finnigan took me on one hell of a heavy journey filled with heartache, anger, pain, healing, forgiveness and insane passion.”
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