No Promises, No Lies (Devils & Darlings #1)
A.J. Wilding
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
4.40
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 15 ratings · 417 pages · Published: 01 Jan 2025
Rory Kostalova was never part of the plan. Kidnapping the Russian mafia princess was a move for control, a way to gain the upper hand in a brutal war. She was meant to break, to bend to my will like everyone else.
But Rory is different—strong, fiery, untouchable.
What started as a way to get even turns into something darker, something neither of us can control. She stirs the chaos inside me, makes me crave her in ways I shouldn’t.
I took her freedom to punish her family, but now she’s the one I can’t let go. To save her, I’ll have to break every rule, cross every line.I’ll be the one to set her free—even if it destroys me.
No Promises, No Lies is a standalone crossover mafia hockey romance with dark themes and spice.
Tropes
Hockey Romance
Mafia Romance
Arranged Marriage
New Adult
Enemies to Lovers
Captive Romance
"I didn't know where else to go."
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Tagged as:
- mafia 3
- dark romance 3
- arranged/forced marriage 3
- found family 3
- enemies to lovers 3
- hockey 3
- marriage of convenience 3
- new adult 2
- sports 2
- suspense 2
- forced proximity 2
- m-f romance 2
- caretaking 2
- hurt/comfort 2
- abduction 2
- sassy heroine 2
- athlete heroine 2
- alpha male 2
- rich hero 2
- athlete hero 2
- contemporary 2
- forbidden love 1
- slow burn 1
- bondage 1
- grumpy/ice queen 1
- competent heroine 1
- tortured heroine 1
- bad boys 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- possessive hero 1
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- content warnings
- abuse 2
- third party abuse 2
- death / grief 2
- human trafficking 1
- graphic violence 1
- torture of mcs 1
- past abuse 1
- geography
- north america 1
- usa 1
- massachusetts 1
- Format
- dual pov 2
- first person pov 1
- standalone 1
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The 'Devils & Darlings' series
4.40 · 15 ratings
from hate to love · mafia · contemporary · alpha male · found-family · suspense · forced proximity · dark · hockey · abuse · abuse-non-mc · forbidden love · sassy heroine · abduction · torture-mcs · marriage of convenience · angst · second chances · north-america · new adult
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