Beautiful Torment

Empire of Kings, Book 1

By: A. Zavarelli

Narrated by: Stefanie Kay, Tor Thom

They call him Il Diavolo

When the devil dressed in black crashes my wedding, I know he didn’t come to offer me his blessing. He came to collect what was always his.

For months, he’s watched me from the shadows. Haunting me. Biding his time. Planning his revenge.

Before he was King of the Cosa Nostra, I was fated to be his queen. I promised him forever. Now, he’s here to remind me what forever really means.

Beautiful Torment is a dark mafia romance with a complete ending.

©2025 A. Zavarelli (P)2026 A. Zavarelli

ahhh Mafia books 📚

I absolutely love Mafia books. I got sucked into this book. It did take me longer to read it due to life happening. But once I had time to actually invest I couldn't put it down. I did get frustrated with the FMC because of the not communicating and not telling that MC what's really going on and keeping the whole animosity thing going. Either way is still ended up being a great book. And I actually enjoyed the ending cuz now I know what the second book is going to be about. Looking forward to it.

This was a good time

This story kept me turning the page, and the spice was sizzling! Great plot the suspense was driving me crazy! This story gives you a little bit of everything. Dark Mafia, secrets, suspense, secret society, betrayal, mask, touch and …, kink, possessive MMC, and FMC. A must read for my dark romance besties

Not bad

The story seemed to stay at a good pace so I didn’t lose interest or skip ahead. I’ve had a few bad books back to back and at least I was able to finish this one. Overall not bad and I would use a credit on book 2.

love it!

i love the this spin off series of the IVI society series, this is a must listen series for any dark romance lovers. Its very spicy i would rate it 5 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

Boring

I have given A.Zavarelli a real shot, but her books are so incredibly boring. I don't think I have finished a single one.