This is a mafia, dark romance, virgin romance, age gap romance, taboo romance, polyamorous romance, arranged marriage, romantic suspense, explicit, and spicy romance. Want a free Ebook? Join my mailing list to get my monthly newsletter! No matter what kind of story it is, my ladies are ADORED, and my endings are always Happily EVER AFTER, not HFN. I write A LOT OF AGE GAP-because I LOVE AGE GAP ROMANCE. I like my heroines to be witty, intelligent, and unshakeable-who could do just as well without a man-until the hero convinces her otherwise. I want him to turn into a bumbling idiot when he spots the girl of his dreams and revert to a teenage boy in a man’s body trying to win her. I like my hero to be successful, sweet, suave, sophisticated and kind- and then I want him to lose all his composure and game when he meets the heroine. If you love Dark Romance, you’ve come to the wrong place. And I spend most of my day writing dirty romance books about older men who fall in love with younger women and make fools of themselves trying to win their hearts. I live in Austin, with my husband, two crazy Chihuahuas and an even crazier cat. Matilda is a Texas girl in love with a Philly boy who loves to write dirty books about two people who trip into love and fumble their way into a Filthy, Funny, Happily Ever After. Acts of violence are perpetrated on secondary characters- none to the FMC. This is a MFM dark age gap taboo romance with high heat and shades of dubious consent. He makes me the queen of his world, makes me fall in love, then reveals the biggest secret of all.

I should be terrified, but the man of secrets makes me feel funny things. I've made a deal with the devil and leapt from the frying pan into the fire. I have nothing to offer but myself, but something about the look in his eyes and the tight clench of his chiseled jaw tells me he won't say no. Moments before my dreams die, I rush to his aid. Behind the mask, he's the most dangerous man in New York. On the surface, he's a wealthy real estate tycoon, respected by politicians and the city's elite. They say a wolf will chew off its foot to escape a trap, and that's precisely what I do when I flee into the arms of my father's greatest enemy. With a handshake and a signature, my dreams will die, and a new nightmare will begin. Like any mafia princess, I'm expected to stay silent, submit, and make my family proud. It's the day he's waited for-the day he sells my hand to the highest bidder.

Until the eve of my twentieth birthday, when I learn my future holds more misery than my past. While he schemes, he keeps me locked away, protected, isolated, and hidden from his violent world. I'm penniless, powerless, and frequently reminded that I'm nothing more than property to barter amongst his powerful friends. I've spent my life in a cage designed by my father- at his mercy and whim.

Duplicity by Matilda Martel