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Anna Harding

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Anna Harding writes dark romance that cuts deep—psychological stories rooted in pain, power, and obsession. Her work explores the cost of survival, the pull of forbidden desire, and the emotional complexity of characters who live in a morally grey world. With a literary sensibility and an unflinching gaze, Anna crafts narratives that are as emotionally layered as they are addictive.

Her heroines are flawed, her anti-heroes dangerous, and her stories unapologetically intense.

Anna lives in the UK, teaches English Literature, doesn’t believe in housework, doesn’t believe in dieting and sometimes annoys the neighbours by yodelling. She likes walking her dog and also creates poetry under a different name.
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Last call for arc readers for Tortured Innocence

Hi everyone,

Just a quick reminder that I’m sending arcs for book 7 Tangled Empires out soon. I’ll pop the blurb below. Ping me your email (annahardingdarkromance@gmail.com) if you’re interested in receiving a copy to review and I’ll send the pdfs out on 28 April.

Thanks to all who have replied, I’ve added you to the list.

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“A truly powerful man needs neither violence nor sex games to command respect and obedience from his wife.”
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“You look fucking beautiful,’ he said roughly. He loosened his tie with his other hand. ‘You like books and fantasy, don’t you?’
I nodded.
‘You like pretending? Ok. Well tonight you’re going to be allowed to do all the pretending you want.’ He unfastened his tie and, to my shock, tied it around my head, completely blotting out my vision.
‘Tonight,’ he said huskily, ‘I can be anyone you fucking need me to be.’ He lifted me up and carried me in his arms into the bedroom. ‘You want to imagine you’re being ravished on a pirate ship or seduced in some sultan’s palace, then do it. Close your eyes and believe whatever works for you.’
He laid me gently on the bed and slipped his hand between my legs. ‘Just feel, Lilia,’ he said. ‘No thinking, just feel…”
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“Every time he rolled a condom on, I felt so helpless, so full of anger that my life was being dictated to like this. So many times I’d almost ripped it off him and accepted the consequences. But I couldn’t. Maybe I was as bad as Lorena at fighting our upbringing. Or maybe I just didn’t want to bring a baby into the mess of a Mafia life.”
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" I've just added the pre order for book ten in my Dark Mafia series "Tangled Empires." If anyone is interested in a long, family saga type Mafia series ...more "
" I've got a book coming out soon (Book 7 in my Dark Mafia series Tangled Empires) and it deals with some very deep trauma.

The heroine is imprisoned an
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" I’m putting together a small ARC team for Tortured Innocence (Tangled Empires, Book Seven.)
📚 Can it be read as a standalone? Yes
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" I’m putting together a small ARC team for Tortured Innocence (Tangled Empires, Book Seven.)
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" Try my 'Tangled Empires' series. First 5 books are out and 5 more are out this year. It's plot driven, family saga mafia romance. Interconnected stand ...more "
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“He wanted me, ME to marry the cherished sister of the unhinged boss of the Bratva. I didn’t want my boss knowing what I did in bed and I sure as fuck didn’t want Simon Nemov knowing what I did to his sister in bed.”
Anna Harding, Dark Atonement

“She wasn’t a woman—she was a Goddess. And I’d bring down Heaven and Earth to make her mine.”
Anna Harding, Forbidden Love

“No way would I ever marry a girl of his choice. Some naïve little Russian virgin who’d run crying to her (and worse my) father if I did anything in bed to her outside the missionary position. I couldn’t think of anything I’d enjoy less.”
Anna Harding, Dark Atonement

“No way would I ever marry a girl of his choice. Some naïve little Russian virgin who’d run crying to her (and worse my) father if I did anything in bed to her outside the missionary position. I couldn’t think of anything I’d enjoy less.”
Anna Harding, Dark Atonement

“He wanted me, ME to marry the cherished sister of the unhinged boss of the Bratva. I didn’t want my boss knowing what I did in bed and I sure as fuck didn’t want Simon Nemov knowing what I did to his sister in bed.”
Anna Harding, Dark Atonement

“Eloise I kill for a living. I kill for fun. I torture my enemies. I gut them. Then I come home to you and, fuck, I want to protect you. But the man you need protecting from most is your own husband.”
Anna Harding, Dark Atonement

“She was giving a brilliant performance of terror. The realism was far more erotic than the usual giggling in a dark room with a whore in slutty lingerie. I appreciated her attention to detail and I appreciated her acting ability. This was going to be one hell of a fuck.”
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“Maybe if I’d been older, with more experience, or a better understanding of how relationships actually worked, things might have played out differently. But I was a simple man. I knew right from wrong, and I expected my future wife to know it too.”
Anna Harding, Unlimited Power

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