Broken Princess

The Bianchi Chronicles, Book 1

By: Laura Bennett

Narrated by: Walker Williams, Chloe Ryan

A Mafia Princess

Sacrificed to maintain the fragile peace between her family and his, only Aurora Bianchi can sate Max De Luca's desires and keep his darkest depravities under control. But now his father wants complete control of The Syndicate… and she's an obstacle to their plans.

A pawn her husband is forced to sacrifice.

Her Protectors

Enzo and his crew are brought in to dispose of the casualties of war, brutally slaughtered and left for dead. However, the bodies aren't nameless thugs—they're Syndicate royalty… and they're not all dead. He and his crew find themselves drawn into a mafia coup, and there's only one side they would ever consider taking.

Enzo, Sinclair, Nico, and Benedict will raze The Syndicate to the ground to avenge Aurora, but first, they must save her.

Aurora de Luca is dead… Rory Bianchi will rise.

This is a polyamorous (MMFMM) mafia romance where the FMC will never be asked to choose between her leading men. Being romance, there is, of course, an HEA, however, books one and two in this series are a duet, so you're going to have to work for the HEA.

Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

©2024 Laura Bennett (P)2025 Podium Audio

All around good listen

Story was good and made even better by the narrators. They both did a great job. Was only one small part where the plot stalled a little, but it picked back up nicely. Will go straight for the next

Bloody, brutal, and hot enough to burn my fingertips while turning the pages.

The audiobook is narrated in dual by Chloe Ryan & Walker Williams.

Aurora “Rory” Bianchi is the kind of heroine I live for: scarred, broken, and yet impossible to crush. Her marriage to Max De Luca is one of the darkest setups I’ve read in a mafia romance.
The Bastards—Enzo, Sinclair, Nico, and Benny—each bring something different to her healing and her vengeance. Enzo’s protectiveness, Sinclair’s quiet but very demanding care, Nico and Benny’s love and loyalty.

Tropes
Mafia romance
Why Choose MMFMM
D/s relationships
Badass & survivor FMC
Found family
Healing from trauma
End on a cliffhanger

Content warnings
⚠️ Domestic violence / Torture / PTSD / Murder / Gore / Violence

This story isn’t soft. It’s brutal, violent, layered with betrayal—but it’s also full of devotion, found family, and the kind of love that makes even monsters want to protect something pure.
And we must protect Benny at all costs 💁🏼‍♀️

Typical, Predictable

This book wasn’t remotely plausible. A broken beaten carved up woman thinking of sex while still in excruciating pain. That’s preposterous. As a woman, this whole thing was laughable. I couldn’t finish the book. I stopped halfway through. Give me something I can believe. Also the depiction of steamy scenes was just audible porn. If you’ve heard one sex scene you’ve heard this one too. The only thing good was the narration. The narrators did a good job.