Beautiful Ruin: A M/M Mafia Dark Romance

He was supposed to be my revenge. He became my everything.

Five years ago, my sister died from a drug overdose. The man responsible—Roman Volkov—runs his empire from penthouses and boardrooms while people like Isabella pay with their lives. I spent months planning the perfect revenge: destroy his younger brother, Kit. Make Roman hurt the way I’ve been hurting.

It was supposed to be simple. Seduce Kit. Make him fall. Ruin him publicly. Walk away.

But Kit Volkov isn’t who I expected. He’s not the shallow socialite from the tabloids—he’s funny, creative, vulnerable. When he looks at me with those trusting eyes, I start to forget why I’m there. When he touches me, I forget everything else.

I’m falling for the one person I should hate.

Then fate does the cruelest thing imaginable: it gives me the revenge I planned, but I’m not the one holding the knife. I watch Kit’s world shatter in front of hundreds of people, and all I want is to put him back together.

Now I’m building a life with him, loving him, while carrying the secret that could destroy us. He’ll never know I once planned his ruin. He’ll never know the connection between his brother’s empire and my sister’s death.

Some lies we tell to protect the people we love.

Even when those lies are built on graves.

A dark M/M mafia romance about revenge, forbidden love, and the secrets we carry. Features mature themes, grief, trauma recovery, and an HEA built on morally gray choices.