Crave (Blood Secret Series Book 1)

When the Ares brothers bury their parents, they also uncover a secret that changes everything—a sister they never knew existed, standing at the center of it all.

Angelica never asked to be drawn into the shadow of the most dangerous family in the city. But one devastating night strips away every layer of protection she has, leaving her trapped inside a world built on blood, power, and carefully constructed lies. The Ares family doesn't welcome outsiders. They consume them.

Silas is the most relentless of them all. Cold, calculating, and dangerously fixated, he's convinced Angelica holds the key to the secrets that shattered his family. What starts as interrogation—a ruthless push to break her—twists into something neither of them can name or control. He wants her exposed. She refuses to bend. And somewhere between suspicion and obsession, between hatred and a hunger that defies reason, the boundaries between enemy and something far more dangerous begin to dissolve.

Set against the backdrop of a world where power is currency and trust is a death wish, *Crave* is a scorching dark mafia romance that pulls no punches. A.K. Rose crafts a psychological slow burn so tense it practically bleeds off the page—where every sharp word is foreplay and every stolen glance carries consequence.

If you crave the kind of love that terrifies you before it consumes you, this series opener will leave you breathless and desperate for more.