Cruel Debt: A Dark Mafia Enemies to Lovers Romance

He has a strand of my hair in his nightstand drawer.

Coiled like a secret. Kept like a trophy.

That’s when I realize Darren Marinko isn’t collecting my father’s debt.

He’s collecting me.

$47,000 to the due to his boss. That’s what my dead father left me. No money. No memories. Just debt and the attention of their most brutal enforcer.

Darren shows up at my café. Tells me I owe $500 a week or I lose everything.

I tell him where to shove his payment plan.

He smiles like I’ve given him a gift.

He doesn’t threaten me. He just… watches.

Learns my schedule. My habits. The way I move through a room like I’m trying to take up less space. He looks at me like he wants me to take up more.

He looks at me like he wants to devour me. All of me. Every curve. Every inch.

I should run. I should scream. I should do anything except look forward to the next time he appears.

But I’ve never been smart about dangerous men.

And he’s the most dangerous thing I’ve ever wanted.

Cruel Debt is DARK. The hero is not misunderstood. He’s not secretly soft.

If you saw “unhinged” and felt your heart rate spike?

Welcome.