Forbidden Series
​
Men ruled by violence, who can make sin feel like salvation.
​
These are dark romances, involving explicit sexual encounters, interracial couples and Alpha Males.
Appropriate for ages 18+.
Each of these books are considered stand-alone, though characters are recurring and they are best read in order.
​Your mental health is important. Please check trigger warnings before reading.
Forbidden Love: Book One
​
Heir to a brutal legacy. A woman with a broken heart. A second chance that could burn the city to the ground.
D’Angelo Fontana is the Prince of Philadelphia’s underworld. Ruthless, calculated, and terrifyingly powerful, he has spent a decade grooming himself to take over his father’s criminal empire. He has only one weakness, and he cut her out of his life ten years ago to keep her breathing.
Madison Harper has built a safe, successful life as a top Public Relations manager, far removed from the boy who shattered her heart in high school. But when a high-profile charity project forces her back into D’Angelo’s orbit, the carefully constructed walls around her heart begin to crumble.
He isn't the boy she remembers—he’s a man who commands fear and demands absolute submission.
When a threat against Madison reveals the danger lurking in the shadows, D’Angelo’s restraint snaps. He is done staying away. He is done asking for permission. Now that he has her within his reach, he will tear down heaven and earth to keep her safe.
But in the Fontana world, love is a liability, and D'Angelo must decide if he is willing to go to war with his own family to claim the woman who was always meant to be his queen.
TROPE CHECKLIST:
-
Dark Mafia Romance
-
Second Chance
-
Workplace/Proximity
-
Virgin Heroine
-
Protective "Touch Her & Die" Hero
-
High Heat
-
Interracial Romance
-
Heir to the Empire
Note: Forbidden Love features a possessive hero who will cross every line for the woman he loves. Expect high steam, danger, and a happily ever after.
Forbidden Possession: Book Two
He collects her protection money. Now, he’s coming to collect her.
Glenda Fisher knows the rules of survival in Philadelphia: keep your head down, run your boutique, and never get involved with the Fontanas. But avoiding the city's most powerful crime family is impossible when their head of security walks into her shop every month. Chance Thorpe is terrifying, lethal, and the star of every one of Glenda’s darkest fantasies.
Chance is a man of discipline. As the Business Security Manager for the Fontana empire, he maintains order with brutal efficiency. He doesn’t do messy, and he doesn’t do relationships. But the fiery redhead with the sharp tongue and the curves of a goddess has been testing his legendary self-control for too long.
When a rival crime syndicate targets Glenda to get to Chance, the professional line blurs into obsession. After an attack on her shop leaves her shattered, Chance decides that watching from afar isn’t enough. He’s moving her into his penthouse, into his bed, and under his absolute protection.
In his world, safety comes at a price. He doesn’t just want to keep her safe; he wants to own her. Body and soul. But with a war brewing on the streets, the greatest danger to Glenda might not be the enemy outside, but the possessive man locking the door behind her.
Tropes:
-
Touch Her and Die
-
Protector/Bodyguard Romance
-
Mafia/Organized Crime
-
He Falls First (And He Falls Hard)
-
Forced Proximity
-
Dom/Sub Dynamics
-
"Who did this to you?"
​Note: Forbidden Possession is a dark mafia romance in the Forbidden series. It features a protective anti-hero, a feisty heroine who shoots back, and high-heat BDSM themes.
Forbidden Vows: Book Three
​
He was the fairy tale she always dreamed of. But in his world, even princes have blood on their hands.
Tera Glory believes in the magic of the perfect dress and the promise of a happy ending. As a designer at Pearls and Lace, she’s spent her life sketching wedding gowns for a future she isn’t sure exists. But when she catches the eye of Philadelphia’s most eligible—and dangerous—bachelor, the sketches suddenly come to life.
​
Paxton Wyman is the golden boy of the Fontana family. While his cousins run the streets, Paxton is the polished, charitable face of a criminal empire. He was supposed to stay clean. He was supposed to follow the rules.
​
Then he met Tera.
​
One conversation at the opening of his community center, a midnight tour of the city, and a weekend escape to Las Vegas changes everything. Paxton knows that the moment they land back in Philadelphia, his ruthless family will try to tear them apart.
​
Desperate to keep her and terrified to lose her, Paxton makes a choice that changes the game: If she’s his wife, she’s untouchable.
​
It was supposed to be a whirlwind romance. Now, it’s a war for their future. Tera thought she was marrying Prince Charming, but she’s about to find out that being Mrs. Wyman means sleeping next to a man who will burn the world down to keep her safe.
​
Tropes:
-
Insta-Love / Whirlwind Romance
-
Dark Mafia / Crime Family
-
Vegas Elopement
-
"Touch Her and You Die" Energy
-
Golden Retriever Boyfriend (With a Dark Side)
-
Cinnamon Roll Hero
-
He Falls Harder
Forbidden Sins: Book Four
​
She operates within the law. He operates in the shadows. Together, they are judge, jury, and executioner.
Kingston Hargrave is the ghost of the Fontana empire. Rescued from the streets and raised by Philadelphia’s most powerful crime family, he serves as their lethal enforcer. He is a man of few words and violent action, his body a map of scars that he keeps hidden from the world. He believes he is a monster, a weapon to be pointed and fired, unworthy of the light.
​
Until she catches him leaving the scene of a crime.
​
Defense attorney Cierra Rodgers has lost faith in the system. She knows the law is a net with holes too big for the worst kind of predators. When she walks into a police holding cell to drop a client and finds him hanging from the rafters—a staged suicide by Kingston’s hand—she doesn’t scream. She doesn’t run. She feels a rush of dark satisfaction.
​
Drawn to the silent, terrifying man who delivers the justice a courtroom cannot, Cierra steps voluntarily into the Fontana underworld. But when a corrupt District Attorney targets her to get to the family, she needs protection only Kingston can provide.
​
He expects her to be repulsed by his brutal history and the jagged scars on his skin. Instead, she traces them with reverence. She doesn't want to fix him; she wants to sin with him.
​
Now, the lines between the law and the streets are blurring. Kingston will burn the city to ash to keep her safe, but Cierra isn’t a damsel in distress waiting to be saved. She’s the woman standing beside him with a loaded gun.
In the city of brotherly love, they are the king and queen of sins.
​
TROPES:
-
Morally Grey Hero & Heroine
-
Enforcer x Defense Attorney
-
Touch Her And Die
-
"Who Did This To You?"
-
Ride or Die / Power Couple
-
Scars as Beauty
-
Found Family / Mafia Romance
Forbidden Ties: Book Five
​
She has spent her life following the rules. He is about to teach her the exquisite pleasure of breaking them.
Alanna Hardy is the definition of a good girl. Shy, conservative, and perpetually invisible, she blends into the background as the overworked executive assistant to a demanding boss. She has suppressed her desires and her voice for twenty-eight years, hiding behind a wall of propriety.
​
But when a business errand sends her to the studio of the enigmatic Terrell Thorpe, a simple request to test a lighting setup changes everything.
​
Terrell is more than just the Marketing Director for the notorious Fontana enterprise; he is an artist who finds beauty in darkness and control. He sees past Alanna’s timid façade to the dormant fire beneath. With a single length of rope and a specialized knot, he offers her a glimpse of a world she never dared to imagine—one where surrender is the ultimate freedom.
​
What begins as an artistic exploration of shibari quickly spirals into a passionate, forbidden affair. In Terrell’s studio, bound in jute and trust, Alanna finally feels seen. But Terrell’s world is not just about art; it is built on the violent foundations of the Fontana crime family. When the brutal reality of his lineage bleeds into their sanctuary, Alanna must decide if she is strong enough to accept the man who holds the ropes—both the gentle artist and the ruthless protector.
​
Can a woman who has always lived in the shadows find the courage to stand in the light, or will the ties that bind them eventually break?
​
Tropes:
-
Good Girl x Morally Grey Hero
-
Sexual Awakening / Innocence Lost
-
BDSM / Shibari (Rope Play)
-
Forced Proximity (Workplace Adjacent)
-
Mafia / Crime Family
-
"Touch Her and Die" Vibes
-
Freedom through Submission
Forbidden Claim: Book Six
Forbidden Legacy: Book Seven
Forbidden Acquisition: Book Eight
Forbidden Desire: Book Nine
