The Wicked: A Dark Mafia Romance (The Wicked Trilogy, 1)

He is the most feared man in the criminal underworld—and she is the one thing he never saw coming.

They call him The Wicked for a reason. As head of the powerful Marino Family, he has built his empire on blood, silence, and ruthless control. Nothing penetrates his armor. No lies go undetected. No weakness is tolerated. He climbed out of the streets where bullets were currency, and he intends to stay exactly where he is—on top, alone, and untouchable.

Then she walks into his world.

When a job goes catastrophically wrong and his crew ends up captive, the last person he expects to become entangled with is the woman who represents everything dangerous to a man like him—hope. She is sharp-tongued, fearless, and absolutely refuses to be intimidated by the king of mafia kings. Their animosity is electric, their distrust earned, and their chemistry the kind that could burn entire empires to the ground.

This dark mafia romance doesn't flinch from its shadows. Rebecca Johnpee crafts a world of moral ambiguity, simmering tension, and a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance that earns every heated moment. These two don't simply clash—they collide with the force of everything they're each desperately trying to protect.

She's the risk he swore he'd never take. He's the ruin she never planned for.

Some storms don't warn you before they destroy everything.