Arranged & Unhinged

Book #2 in The tropes & Nopes Series
The Trope

Aria Dominguez was raised to be a submissive. She followed the rules, did what she was told, until the day she married Maximo Ruiz. Set up in an arranged marriage with the number one Don, Aria is finally able to become the woman she was meant to be. A Queen!

Maximo Ruiz, the number one Don in the country, was encouraged by his Enforcer into an arranged marriage with his daughter. What Maximo doesn’t account for is that Aria is anything but a submissive wife, which he discovers on their wedding night. Maximo doesn’t know what to do with the wife he was given, but begins to respect the woman he thought was weak. Will a King finally emerge with his Queen at his side?

Trigger warnings & Tropes:

Mafia-esque theme. Dark romance. Violence & multiple deaths on page. Child abuse/neglect/strict upbringing of FMC. References to abuse against a woman (DV with FMC’s parents). Sexually explicit scenes. Profanity. Arranged marriage. Dominant and strong MMC. Dominant and strong FMC. He falls first. HEA between MMC & FMC. Violence against a woman (intentional death of woman by FMC). Dom/Sub/BDSM, role playing, dirty talk. OW drama (sort of, but minor).

The Nope

Eliana Bianchi wanted to be a Don’s wife. She believed she deserves the position more so than her older, smarter, perfect sister, Carina. When an opportunity present itself for Eliana to get involved in an arranged marriage with a rising potential Don, she jumps at the chance. Will Eliana regret her choice? Or will it end in a happily ever after?

Nico Cattaneo was the illegitimate son of a Don’s second. Pushed out by his biological father and his wife, Nico persevered to be better, to eventually come out on top. Nico has had to struggle to get to where he is, and he will stop at nothing to get as close to the top as he can. What happens when one event derails his plans so much it sends him down a spiraling path? Can he correct the trajectory of his actions? Or will he spiral completely out of control?

Trigger warnings & Tropes:

Mafia-esque theme. Dark romance. Violence; Death of MMC on page. Child/sibling abuse referenced. Sexually explicit scenes. Rough sex scene. Profanity. Rough upbringing (MMC). Bullying (towards MMC by father and father’s wife as a child, and MMC towards others). Arranged marriage. No HEA and no grovel!!! OW drama (but is it?). Unsavory main characters. Underaged sex mentioned. Slap from MMC to FMC on page.