Cruel Mercy: A Dark Mafia Revenge Romance

By: Willa Hayes

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

He wears a necklace he never takes off.

A saint’s medal. Silver chain. Pressed against his chest like a penance.

Something about it won’t let me go.

Eight years ago, my sister was murdered. No answers. No justice. Just a closed casket and a phone call that split my life into before and after.

I came to this city to find the man who killed her.

I found Roman Caruso instead.

Stop asking questions. Some truths have teeth. That’s all he says. That, and leave before you end up like her.

I tell him I’m not going anywhere.

He looks at me like I’ve just sealed my fate.

Then he looks at me like he wants to be the one who unseals me.

Roman is brutal. Cold. The kind of man who walks through violence like other people walk through rain.

But his hands on my skin don’t feel like danger. They feel like worship. Like I’m something sacred he’s afraid to break.

I came here to hunt a monster.

Now I’m sleeping in one’s bed.

Some secrets don’t surface slowly. Some detonate.

Cruel Mercy is DARK. The hero is not misunderstood. He’s not secretly soft. He’s done something unforgivable.

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