Cruel Savior (Ruthless Arrangements #1)
Lilith Vincent
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
3.81
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 13 ratings · 305 pages · Published: 25 Feb 2026
I’ve lived my whole life in a golden cage, the captive daughter of a powerful mafia don. When my father arranges my marriage to Vincenzo Vici, a cold-blooded assassin from a rival family, it’s a death sentence. For both of us. Because my father uses our engagement to slaughter the Vicis and take their territory.
But he makes a grave error. He doesn’t kill the most dangerous Vici of all: Vincenzo himself.
I’ve never met my intended fiancé, so when I stumble upon a handsome, bloodied stranger being tortured in a laundromat in the middle of the night, I follow my instincts and save his life.
Big mistake. The man I saved is Vincenzo Vici, and when he discovers I’m the woman who led his family to slaughter, I realize there are circles of hell my father never showed me.
Vincenzo should kill me. He wants to kill me. Instead, he decides to make me pay in a different way—by holding me to our arranged marriage and exacting his revenge on me.
But Vincenzo isn’t the monster I expected. His ruthless kisses light up my soul. His darkness is a dangerous addiction. And when my father hands me poison and orders me to finish what he started, I’m caught between two impossible choices: loyalty to my own blood, or devotion to the darkness that sets me free.
Author’s note: Cruel Savior is a standalone MF arranged marriage mafia romance with a virgin heroine and a possessive and obsessed alphahole. There is no cheating and no other women. The story is dark, dirty, and delicious, so please read at your discretion.
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- virgin heroine 7
- enemies to lovers 6
- new adult 5
- contemporary 5
- m-f romance 5
- tortured heroine 5
- sweet/gentle heroine 5
- bad boys 5
- tortured hero 5
- arranged/forced marriage 4
- mafia 4
- dark romance 4
- possessive hero 3
- suspense 2
- hurt/comfort 2
- competent heroine 2
- rich heroine 2
- alpha male 2
- rich hero 2
- vengeance 2
- found family 2
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- death / grief 5
- abuse 5
- past abuse 5
- graphic violence 5
- mental trauma 3
- torture of mcs 1
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- usa 3
- new york state 3
- north america 2
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- dual pov 5
- first person pov 5
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The 'Ruthless Arrangements' series
3.81 · 13 ratings
mafia · new adult · past-abuse · standalone-first · new-york-state · death · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · graphic-violence · dark · usa · first-in-series · mental-trauma · explicit-open-door · arranged marriage · torture-mcs · virgin heroine · super rich hero · bad boys · possessive hero
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