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Rory Gilmore… but make it mafia romance. If she wasn’t rich. And her mother died. With worst taste in men. And bosses. Who only hired her to make her fail. So he could punish her. With a demerit system that lives rent free in her head and she can’t stop thinking about how he might spank her if she fails sexily enough.
This is my ad copy for Her Chains Her Choice because this encapsulates Emmaleen’s whole world in a nutshell. She is cute, and quirky, and naturally funny in a self-deprecating way. Which is a survival tactic since she truly is the inverse of Rory Gilmore when it comes to life circumstances. She is Rory without the safety net of Stars Hollow, and a world-wise and capable mother, and grandparents with old money.
She is on the run from an ex she would like to erase from her list of “things I chose that went terribly awry”. She’s living in a homeless shelter with a 3-week deadline to pull her life together and she gets fired from her job in front of ‘the mobster next door’.
It’s a typical mafia romance set up. Desperate girl. Man with an ‘offer’. She accepts, it escalates. Enemies to lovers.
It is, for all practical purposes… ordinary on the outside.
But I’m just gonna say it plain. Because what’s the point in pretending I write typical romance? I mean, it’s been nearly 14 years. When you pick up one of my books that plot list I just outlined isn’t what you’re getting no matter how many times I tell you it is.
It’s just not.
If you’re here for the plot points you read in “last author’s take on Mafia Romance” you’re gonna be disappointed.
If you’re looking for all the cues that tell you this is a safe story, you’re gonna be mad.
If you’re looking for the ending that ties it all up with a bow, or even the ending that promises more cute enemies-to-lovers fighting that resolves into a higher escalation of ’same-same’ in books 2 and 3, you’re gonna hate me.
So I’m just gonna say it up front.
That’s not what this is.
If you like predictable, and safe, and same-same… well. You can skip it and your life will stay same-same. Nice and snug. Conventional and cozy. My story will have no effect on you.
Or you can trust me and get on the ride anyway. You can even be hostile the whole way through the trilogy. Call me names. Call me out. Call me whatever you want.
Emmaleen IS Rory Gilmore without the safety net. I’ve told you that up front. That is a promise. But that’s not the story. I call this dark romance but to see the specific shape of the darkness I’ve planted in the story requires a desire that only comes from the reader.
Do you want something new to think about?
Then take the ride.
If you like a ride, this is a good one.
You will get a story that’s never been told, follows no outline, and has not even a smidge of resemblance to what you read last week.
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HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO HER CHAINS HER CHOICE!
THIS IS NOT A GAME.
HE’S PLAYING TO DESTROY
Some cages are chosen, and some monsters are worth the chains.
Emmaleen
Twenty-one days until homelessness, nineteen demerits, and one chance at $31,750.
I am laser focused on my goal of getting the hell out of Riverview, PA—and Giovanni Bavga, mob boss, secret poet, in possession of a Lambo and the world’s most amazing green eyes—is my first-class ticket. All I have to do is everything he tells me for the next seven days.
My chains, my choice… until choosing him became the only freedom worth having.
Giovanni
Power isn’t something you take—it something given.
The demerit system was supposed to control Emmaleen Rourke but apparently, Little Miss Take didn’t get the memo. Now I’m the one losing control. Men like me don’t fall first. We don’t fall at all. In the circles I run in, caring about someone is the most dangerous mistake a man can make.
My game, my rules… until breaking them for her became the only win that mattered.
The Last to Fall series is an intense deep dive into the psyche of possession, obsession, and what one man will do to keep the woman he loves alive. Because some cages are chosen, and some monsters are worth the chains.
Inside the pages you can expect:
🌶️Dark & Spicy
🥀Mafia Romance
👠Heroine on the Run
🐍Enemies to Lovers
⛓️Forced Proximity
👑Power Dynamics
🩸Contract Relationship
☠️ Trauma Bonding
🔥Touch of Taboo
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WHICH ONE DESCRIBES YOU AS A DARK ROMANCE READER:
1. “I need him to ruin my life (respectfully)”
2. “He can be mean to everyone except me”
3. “If there’s no kidnapping I’m not finishing it”
MY ANSWER
I’LL SAY 2
267 Responses
I’m in the camp of- “He can be mean to everyone except me”
Oh I definitely need him to ruin me respectfully of course
Oh he needs to ruin my life! 🫣😮💨
Heavy on number 1 LOL
He can be mean to everyone except me.
2
2!
Definitely number 2! 😋🤤
2. “He can be mean to everyone except me”
Two please.
Oh definitely two!!
Oh I definitely need him to ruin me!! But a little kidnapping is always a good time, too 😜
Oh yes 2 for me!!!
#2
Number 2
If choosing only one, I say #2 but I like a mix of all of those!
I’m mostly number 2, but I’m definitely not averse to number 3.
Number 2 but, not opposed to 1
If I had to choose I’d say #2, but really I’m here for anything you write.. I’d happily live in any of your books
Definitely 2 but all of the above work 😅
#2 for sure! But I mean, who doesn’t like a little kidnapping in their romance!
2 or 3
Definitely #2.
He can be mean to everyone except me! ❤️❤️
2. “He can be mean to everyone except me”
I’m definitely a #2 girl!
1 – I need him to ruin my life then build it back up
#2 for me
number 2
#2
I’ll say 2..thank you !!!!
And congratulations !
Oh man that’s hard! I think it’s like a combo of 1 and 2 😍
I’m listening to chapter 2 right now as I work! If I have to choose just one, it would be #2…he can be mean to everyone except ME!! ☺
I will say 2!
I’d have to choose 2….
I’ll say number 1 but not emotionally just in the sheets!!!
I need him to ruin my life respectfully, in a way that life without him or with someone else is unfathomable, while hes mean to every one but me, in a ride or die kind of way.
2. “He can be mean to everyone except me”
I would have to choose the second choice.
#2 He can be mean to everyone else but me.
I’d say I’m in the he can ruin everyone but me camp
2
I need him to ruin my life (respectfully)
Kidnap me and ruin me but don’t be mean to me! Does that sum it up 🤪
1. I think. 🤭
1
Number 2 with a side dish of three
Easy #2
3 definitely
Number 2 but hope it atarts with number 3. And HOPEFULLY ends with #1. Do my answer is 4: All of the above
“He can be mean to everyone except me”
1 and a little 3!
I’ll say 3
2
3. “If there’s no kidnapping I’m not finishing it”
Yeah, i’m gonna need him to ruin my life 🖤
Number 2 absolutely!
He can be mean to everyone except me. 🙂
Definitely gotta go with number 2 but number 1 is semi intriguing lol
I agree!
“He can be mean to everyone except me”
Number 2 !
I’ll have to go with 2! Be mean to everyone and not to me 😁
Definitely #2 but I wouldn’t mind a little ruining lol
I think number 3
#2
2. “He can be mean to everyone except me”
I believe I’d like #1
#2
Definitely #2
It’s a 2 for me!!
I love a broody a** who just wants to be sweet
I agree number two!
#3 😉
#2, but I do enjoy a good #3.
I think 1 but I like the other ones too.
“If there’s no kidnapping I’m not finishing it”
My answer is 2
Thank you for the chance
2. “He can be mean to everyone except me”
Definitely #2 – I love a man who will burn down the world for her.
#2
2 & 3. Be mean to anyone else just not me but I also need the suspense of a kidnapping.
I don’t want to choose…all three.
#2 <3
#1
#2 definitely.
#1
2
“1
#2
I’ll go with #2. He can be mean to whoever except me.
2. “He can be mean to everyone except me” for sure!!
Sort of a combination of all three but if I have to choose only one, it would be “mean to everyone but me.”
In fiction, all 3.
I’ll say #2. He can be mean to everyone except me.
Yep, I’m a #2 girl too. Thanks for the chance!
#2 for sure
I’m a 2 too
#3 for sure
My answer is…2
That is such a good question! I LOVE to get lost in a really good dark romance. I’d say #2.
I say #2
I guess I’m more a #2.
#2
Number 2.
Oh I definitely need him to ruin me!! But a little kidnapping is always a good time, too 😜
2
I want to say 1 but more like 2
Number 2 for me
Can we combine 1 and 2?
Number 2
My choice is 2
I’ve got to say 1 or 2…it really depends on my mood when I’m reading at the time.
#2 all the way! That trope is fabulous.
My choice is 2
Thanks for the chance to win
#2
I’m number 2 – he can be mean to everyone except me. Why that answer? It’s because a girl wants to feel special.
My choice is #2
Number 2
2. “He can be mean to everyone except me”
1.5 🤣 like ruin my life, but also be nice to only me 🖤
Definitely 2!
Number 2. Be mean to everyone but me and we will get along just fine.
Ruin my life pretty please
Mean to everyone except for me all the way. Good stuff right there. Like Campbell’s soup MMMmMmmGood!!!
I love them all but I think number 1 might be my favorite. Dark Mafia Romance is my favorite though so honestly they could be all 3 and I’d be feral for it.
#2
2 all the way!
#2 for me 🙂
Definitely number 2, but I won’t get mad if 1 or 3 happens.
2. “He can be mean to everyone except me”
Definitely number 2
Number 2 all the way!
2. “He can be mean to everyone except me”
#1
Def #2
2. “He can be mean to everyone except me”
Unless it’s “mean” then we can work with that too!
2. “He can be mean to everyone except me”
#2
#2
Definitely #3 because when I think of a dark romance, I think of unhinged OTT overreactions with the MMC like kidnapping but it’s a super bonus if it also has #2 where he’s mean to everybody but her. I like it when my dark villain has a soft spot for the heroine.
“He can be mean to everyone except me”
“If there’s no kidnapping, I’m not finishing it!
Can I say all of the above? 🤣 Number 2 definitely!
He can be mean to everyone but me! Love this so much
My answer is a general “yes”.
However, if I had to choose one, it’d definitely be 2. 2. “He can be mean to everyone except me.”
Definitely #2. He can be mean to everyone but me!
He can be mean to everyone but me!
I like 2 with a dash of one
This sounds like right up my alley!!
He can kidnap me!!!!!!!!
I need him to ruin my life respectfully
HOPE I WIN
Option 1 He can ruin my life as long as he gives me a new one worth having.
He can be mean to everyone except me!
2
2! Ruin me please! My husband in real life is the golden retriever type. I need my book boyfriends unhinged!
He can ruin me, I wouldn’t mind ☺️
Mostly 2. But he can be a bit mean and could ruin my life a little bit and temporarily if makes up for it after…
P.s.: Her chain and her choice is delicious! ❤️
Number 2
Definitely #2 “He can be mean to everyone except me”.
Definitely 2. 😂
3! If there’s no kidnapping, I’m not finishing it 😍
Definitely “I need him to ruin my life (respectfully)” = make me a new me 🔥
“He can be mean to everyone except me”
#2 but I wouldn’t mind #3 either if it happened 😉
#2 for me
Definitely 2 mixed with 1.
#1
I’m gonna have to say mainly #2, with some #1 mixed in just for kicks.
Im a he can be mean to everyone but me kinda girlie.
#1
I’ll choose 1 please.
“He can be mean to everyone except me” I love dark romance!🖤
A mix of 1 and 3 for me.
2, he can be mean to everyone but me 🤪
Definitely 1
I have to go with #1….got too much family that love and accept the wild/crazy I can be
1 for sure!
2. “He can be mean to everyone except me”
1. “I need him to ruin my life (respectfully)”
Definitely 2 but maybe a little of each 😂
1. “I need him to ruin my life (respectfully)”
He definitely needs to ruin my life respectfully
#2 all the way! There is just something about a MMC who is mean & closed off to everyone except the FMC. Like she holds the key to his hidden soft & tender side and brings that out in him.
I got to go with # 2
Definitely number 1. He needs to ruin my life (respectfully).🔥🔥❤️❤️
I need him to ruin my life!
I love all 3 in books but if I had to pick just one probably #2
Definitely 2….. ah…ok maybe sometimes 3. Definitely 3, no 2. Definitely 1-3. It doesn’t matter really..:I’m obsessed either way 😉
Definitely 2….. ah…ok maybe sometimes 3. Definitely 3, no 2. Definitely 1-3. It doesn’t matter really..:I’m obsessed either way 😉
He can be mean to everybody but me
Hmmmm, I’ll take a 1 with a side of 2 please and thank you.
#2
I’m a sucker for a thrilling mafia
Definitely 2
I’m a how do you choose kinda girl I’m going to say 1 & 2 😘
1. He needs to ruin my life (in the very best way possible)
#2 Be mean to everyone else but me!
😉
Definitely #2!!!
Definitely #1 for me!
Number 1! I need him to ruin my life, respectfully of course haha.
He can be mean to everyone but me <3
1. “I need him to ruin my life (respectfully)” ☺️😂
1. “I need him to ruin my life (respectfully)”
Nothing better than a hunk of man-meat ruining me!
Ooh I love me some ‘he can be mean to everyone but me’ 😉
I need him to ruin me…..respectfully
2 “He can be mean to everyone except me”
Definitely number 2 😉
I’m in the camp “ 2. “He can be mean to everyone except me”
All three please 🤣
Respectfully of course.
Mine would be….
2- He can be mean to everyone except me!
Could also be abit of 1! I need him to ruin me (respectfully of course) 😁
All three please 🤣
Respectfully of course.
All three please 🤣
Respectfully of course.
He can ruin me
#2 He can be mean to everyone except me!
D. All of the above
When he ruins my life & kidnapped me but he’s mean to everyone but me
Def #2
Respectfully ruin me 🔥 🥵 but then again he can be mean ti everyone but me. I mean how do we actually choose. 😍😍
He can be mean to everyone except me!! Maybe some mean eyes when the time comes! 🙄
#3 for me!!!
Definitely #2 for me!
Definitely number 2, but a little kidnapping doesn’t hurt either.
Can I pick all three cuz it really depends on my mood in the moment? lol. Love your books!
I need him to ruin my life (respectfully)! ❤️🔥💋🥵
3. “If there’s no kidnapping I’m not finishing it”
Definitely #2 “He can be mean to everyone except me”
2 with a side of 3 for more flair
Number 2
Definitely 2. I don’t want my feelers hurt by cruelty towards me.
I need him to ruin my life.
Absolutely #2! There’s something so HOT about being the only one he’s nice to
He can be mean to everyone except me
He can mean to any one except me
#2 all the way!!
I’m a little mix of all three but more of the ‘A villain should not be so hot you’re rooting for him’ LOL
Number two!
Numbers one please and thank you with no take backs
He can be mean to everyone except me
I am going with one and 2. Ruin me but don’t be mean to me. 😀 Your covers are getting better and better.
This is gonna be a 2 for me but I am also a huge fan of 1…
It would have to be #2
He can be mean to everyone but me!
I would say #2.
#2
Definitely #2. I like a villain with a soft side. ❤️👹
#2 for sure!
“He can be mean to everyone except me”
I absolutely love when the MMC is a cutthroat alpha to everyone in the room, but suddenly gets soft eyes when the FMC stands in the doorway!
If there’s no kidnapping, I’m not finishing it. I like dark romance, the darker the better.
2
I’m 2. All the way.
2
2 with a 1 twist
Definitely #1. I need to be ruined.
I married “He can be mean to everyone except me,” so I pick #2
He can be mean to everyone except me
2, he can be mean to everyone but me, although the others are intriguing to, I thank you for the opportunity
Absolutely 2.
most definitely 1. “I need him to ruin my life (respectfully)”
Definitely ruin me respectfully. 🤤
I am a 1 and 2 lady. lovingly Respect me
2 with a sprinkle of 1! 😏☺️
Can I be greedy? I like mine to ruin my life, but also be mean to everyone except me
Somewhere between ruin me respectfully and being mean to everyone but me. 😁
I definitely need him to ruin my life along with some kidnapping too
2 with some kidnapping thrown in!
Oh he could ruin me but he can only be nice to me as well 😉
#2 Absof*ckinglutely is my jam!
#2!
Number 2!!!!
There’s something sexy about a man who only shows his nice side to his special someone, Keeping everyone at a distance but you. Swooning 🔥
Oof. I’ll take #1, as long as he wont let anyone else hurt me 😉 The mean protector (especially for their own benefit) gets me every time