MAFIA DARK ROMANCE
BINDING INK: ERIS (2024) 18+ DARK ROMANCE
Your fate is on your skin.
Two feuding families, a boy and a girl in close proximity, all the makings of a stereotypical Romeo and Juliet love affair… and no shortage of bloodshed to go along with it.
Except Eris Casella hates the Tokarevs, just as her father, the kingpin of Philadelphia’s most dangerous mafia family, expects her to.
One murder leads to another, the torrential mayhem between Philly’s families becomes publicly brutal, and Eris finds herself in a precarious situation. She was never supposed to even speak to Gideon Tokarev, much less put herself in a position to be at his mercy.
Years of buried secrets are used to break Eris as the confrontation comes to a head. One step in the wrong direction pushes her into the clutches of the enemy, and once you’re branded, there is no escape.
You can’t run from what is in your blood, and you can’t cover ink forever.
-MAFIA ROMANCE
-FORBIDDEN RELATIONSHIP
-FORCED RELATIONSHIP
-STALKER
-TOUCH HER & DIE
-TOUCH HIM & DIE
-VENGEANACE
-FOUND FAMILY
-MORALLY GRAY
-HAPPILY-EVER-AFTER
-ONE POV STANDALONE
TRIGGER WARNINGS
Substance/drug abuse, addiction, alcohol use, use of birth control, tampering, drugging, medical content/settings, malpractice, medical abuse, pelvic exam, attempted forced procedure
Explicit and derogatory language, some inferences of racism (by nationality: Italian, Russian, Polish, etc.) and classism, discrimination, stigma against perceived illegitimacy, prejudiced behavior
Organized crime, underground crime, corrupt officials, gang/criminal/mob/mafia activity, malicious intent
Homicide, violence, premeditated murder, suicide, ideation, self-harm, mental health, car accident, trauma, mentions of child abuse, abusive parents, insomnia
Descriptive cruelty, torture, and murder
Stalking, kidnapping/abduction, torture, imprisonment, Stockholm Syndrome, obsession, delusion, manipulation, possessive behavior
Hidden cameras, breaking and entering, hacking, invasion of privacy
Sexually explicit discussion and activity: penetration, oral, anal, use of toys – non-con/dub-con/body betrayal
Non-consensual and consensual body modification (tattoos, cutting, scarring)
Arranged/forced relationship and marriage
Pregnancy, abortion (discussion/intention/results)
Blood play, breath play, bondage, breeding, somnophilia, exhibitionism, gagging, sensory deprivation, primal play, fear play
Death of a parent/death of family members
Spousal rape and violent abuse (non-descriptive mentions happening outside of the on-page scene, very brief in Chapter 44, this can be skipped if it is too triggering, does not happen between the main characters)
BINDING INK: GIDEON (2026) COMING SOON
"Eris Casella has always felt like the Juliet to my Romeo, and I'd kill anyone who dared to get in the way of our love - there is no room for tragedy here. We will have our happy ending; she just doesn't know it yet."
Igor Tokarev has been working for years to overthrow the criminal empire in Philadelphia as Gideon prepares to rise up and take his rightful place as heir, even if a secret threatens to undermine his claim.
The Tokarev 'Golden Boy' can't stop getting his hands dirty despite having Casella associates hot on his trail, and it's all in the name of imagined peace. Only two things can bring the feuding of the Great Families to an end: the destruction of all but one, or the right unions to make them one.
And Gideon has already decided the fates of all five titles, he only needs to claim his prize. Giovanni Casella was never going to let a Russian son defile the daughter he has pinned all of his hopes on... but he can't put a bullet in true love.
Some things run thicker than blood and ink.
-MAFIA ROMANCE
-FORBIDDEN RELATIONSHIP
-FORCED RELATIONSHIP
-STALKER
-TOUCH HER & DIE
-TOUCH HIM & DIE
-VENGEANACE
-FOUND FAMILY
-MORALLY GRAY
-HAPPILY-EVER-AFTER
-ONE POV STANDALONE