Noir : top book in the genre

Eva teaches how to dream; Leonel teaches how to die. When her brother signs his own death warrant by stealing from the mafia, Eva is dragged before the cruel Elias to pay the debt with her life. But before the final blow, Leonel appears, the man who abandoned her ten years ago. He has returned as "The Lion": a predator who hasn't come to ask for forgiveness, but to reclaim what he owns. "Elias has nothing you owe. From today on, you only answer to me." Rescued from the mud and locked in a mansion, Eva discovers that her freedom is a trap. Leonel claims her with a ferocity that teeters between rescue and obsession. Between war scars and a desire that tastes like poison, she will understand that The Lion didn't save her out of charity, but to collect on ten years of an obsession that is paid

Alessia Conti, the princess of a powerful family, sees her world destroyed in a single night of betrayal and blood. Forced to flee, she seeks refuge where she least should: with Valerius, her mortal enemy. He is an obsessed man who has spent years longing to possess and break the Conti heiress. As Alessia fights to survive with nothing but her instinct and pride, Valerius battles his own dangerous fixation, discovering that the hatred in her eyes captivates him more than any submission ever could.

She grew up believing her father had been murdered and that her broken childhood was nothing more than bad luck. She never imagined that the woman who raised her was hiding a past of scams, lies, and betrayals that would shape her destiny. When the truth begins to surface, her world shatters and forces her to face secrets she never wanted to know. He is a cold, meticulous man obsessed with control; he lives by his own rules and allows no mistakes or weaknesses. But her arrival changes everything. She bursts into his life like a necessary chaos, challenging his limits and awakening emotions he believed long buried. Between hidden truths, power, and desire, both will discover that some lies bind… and others condemn.