She hates him but he's claiming her anyway.

Being a Mankiev comes with its perks—money, power, and opulent jewelry. Yet beneath the glittering fa?ade lies a darker truth. Caia Mankiev has grown up in the treacherous world of her fathers empire, a ruthless dealer who navigates the realms of the richest and most influential. When her father recognizes the allure of her beauty, he sees an opportunity: to use her as bait to seduce wealthy men, particularly Alexsei Romaniev, one of the most feared members of the Silas.

Her fathers demand is simple: seduce Romaniev and bring him to her bed, granting him leverage over the Silas and access to unimaginable wealth.

What follows is a dangerous game of loathing and lust, where every glance ignites perilous danger. As Caia and Alexsei dance closer to the flames, they risk everything—only to discover thatpassion can burn as fiercely as betrayal.

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Sinful Games is a contemporary arraged mariage/ he fell first and hard/ damaged heroine/ slow burn dark mafia romance.

This is the second book in Marie Annilla's Sinful series.

Abel Silver has only ever known the ugly. The most vile and repulsive acts of humankind. And it's that kind of depravity that has made him into who he is. Someone wretched and devious. A soul fractured from verity.

Peris Baxter caught Abel's eye so vehemently, Abel can't help but to use Peris's maelstrom to toy with him. To shred him open in hopes his viscera spills, giving Abel a glimpse of who he is at his core.

But Peris has demons too—and they dance beautifully with Abel's. It's the one thing neither of them could have anticipated, and now they're both trapped within each other. Ugliness bared. Skeletons abraded. Anguish fused.

Is it possible to find respite with someone who shares your madness?

His plan was to abduct her but she ended up stealing his heart instead.

When Sofiya Melov was just five years old, her father promised to take her to a place where people dined on clouds that tasted like strawberries and drank from lakes of vanilla ice cream. This whimsical vision filled her early years with wonder, but his sudden passing scattered her dreams like leaves in the wind.

Raised under her mothers strict gaze, Sofiya spent the eighteen years following her fathers death in a haze, conforming to expectations and rules.

But, one pivotal night changed everything

Entangled with the leader of the fearsome Russian mafia clan, the Silas, she found herself immersed in a world where secrets, lust, and darkness reign.

As she slowly unraveled her family mysteries, she unexpectedly found herself drawn to him.

Their journey, fraught with pain and betrayal, ultimately revealed that love can blossom in the most unexpected places.=