Rise
Their love is destined to rise from ruin and reign over a new empire.
Giovanna Marino survived the unthinkable, but survival doesn’t mean she’s whole. Torn from the man she loves and dragged into a nightmare crafted by men who see love as weakness and daughters as leverage, she’s determined to take her life back. Starting with the man she walked away from but never stopped loving.
Tommy Demonio has never begged for anything. He takes. He commands. Which is how he saved Giovanna from hell, but now he has blood on his hands and nothing about their world is safe. Especially when every moment with her feels like gasoline on an open flame, and she’s fire incarnate.
As war erupts, they must untangle the web of lies that led to Giovanna’s abduction, while fighting enemies within their own families. Her father still wants control, and his father won’t stop until the Demonio name is drenched in obedience or blood.
TOMMY:
I was raised to be a soldier, forged into a weapon, loyal to the man who made me. But when my father took Giovanna, he didn’t just cross a line; he declared war. My father thought she was my weakness, but love doesn’t make you weak; it makes you lethal. I’m done being his blade. Now I’m hers. And I’m ready to destroy his legacy and carve our future out of the wreckage.
GIOVANNA:
They thought I was a pawn, a pretty piece to be used, broken, and discarded. But I didn’t break—I evolved. I learned their rules so I could shatter them. Tommy thinks he needs to shield me from this war, but what he doesn’t understand is that I don’t need protection. I need vengeance, and I need him. And I’m done asking permission for either.
In a city where vendettas threaten legacies and love alike, Tommy and Giovanna have one shot to rise from ruin or be consumed by the very empires that made them.
Some love stories don’t just survive the fire. They become it.
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This book is a dark unconventional romance and contains themes that may not suit all readers. Please check the author’s note for content warnings before reading.
This is the second half of a duet, the ending of Tommy and Giovanna’s story, which began in RUIN: A Demonio Brotherhood Dark Mafia Romance. It is necessary to read RUIN before reading RISE.
RISE and RUIN are the second duet in a series of duets that follow the men in the Demonio Brotherhood as they rebuild an empire and find the women who will scar their souls.
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