Stolen Vows

Black Rose Auction #3

by Sav R. Miller, Marcio Catalano (Narrator), Megan Wicks (Narrator)

For three days, the doors to this luxe New York estate are thrown wide for anyone with a taste for the obscenely rich, the ultra-exclusive, and the once-in-a-lifetime thrill of the forbidden: where nothing is off the table and everything—and everyone—can be had for the claiming.

In Stolen Vows by Sav R. Miller, a Rapunzel remix, a virgin is forced to marry a mafia heir determined to kill anyone who touches her—only to flee from him the day after their wedding. But he's done waiting and has the perfect trap in mind to lure her back...

And that's just the beginning. Accept your invitation to this exclusive auction. You never know who you might see there...

Narrated in duet style.

Genres: Dark Romance, Romance, Audiobook, Mafia Romance, Dark, Retellings, Fiction

7 pages, Audible Audio

First published February 25, 2025

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Sav R. Miller is a USA Today bestselling author of adult romance with varying levels of darkness and steam.

In 2018, Sav put her lifelong love of reading and writing to use and graduated with a B.A. in Creative Writing and a minor in Cultural Anthropology. Nowadays, she spends her time giving morally gray characters their happily-ever-afters.

Currently, Sav lives in Kentucky with her dogs Lord Byron, Poe, and Arrow. She loves sitcoms, silence, and sardonic humor.

Reviews

[Romancing the Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love when a powerful man is on his knees…

Sav R. Miller got me to read this book with a two-sentence Threads post. This is what it said: “My Rapunzel remix with a bisexual science-loving mafia princess and the bisexual mafia boss who will do literally anything to win his wife back--starting with murder and ending with begging--releases this Tuesday.”

📕 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Stolen Vows by Sav R. Miller

📙 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Black Rose Auction character series.
Book 4.

📗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: E-book on Kindle. 🆓 on KU.

📘 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: Mafia romance

📔 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: Opposites attract, second chance, he’s loved her all along, women in STEM.

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Stella is forced to marry Leo when her father can’t pay his debts. But she escapes - and seven years later he’s ready to get her back.

🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: You guys know I’m picky about mafia romances. My qualms begin and usually end with the FMCs. But when I tell you this girlie goes to college… it made me so happy.

Yes you’re still dealing with a virgin FMC, but Sav R. Miller works the story so well it doesn’t matter. And if you love seeing a powerful man just fall to his knees for his woman, Leo is your guy.

This is the second I’ve read of the Black Rose Auction series - by accident really - and I’ve really enjoyed both so far.

𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 3.5/5 🌶🌶🌶

[Liliths Bookish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stella Ricci is a force of nature. Her sisters were stubborn creatures, too. Don't get me wrong they were both monsters in their own rights, stubborn to their core. BUT Stella Ricci was the only one to "escape the life" that takes a certain amount of determination and stubbornness that her older sisters didn't seem to have. It was inspiring to read her reach goals her sisters would have only dreamed of.

I truly enjoyed Stella & Leo's story, and damnit if Leo hasn't become one of my favorite monsters out of the Ricci husbands! I loved how the "Black Rose Auction" was integrated into the story, which made me giggle as well as fall in love with Sav's writing even more. The woman can freaking write a book!!!

I recommend Stolen Vows, as well as any book written by my favorite author, Sav R Miller! 😍

[madie dragoo · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75/5⭐️
3/5🌶️
📱

this was the perfect quick and easy read for me to tear through at work yesterday. i love sav r miller as an author and i have desperately missed reading her books, i knew i would adore this. stolen vows is a rapunzel fairytale retelling with twist of mafia. i. ate. this. up. i loved leo and how protective he was of stella. he wanted her to have her own life and opportunities so he let her leave, knowing he would find her again. i enjoyed the chemistry between the two and the spice was 🤌🏻 im having so much fun with this series of short stories!

“i wonder if the night sky is as stunning to her as she is to me.”

[Bookiemonster]

A Rapunzel retelling you say? And by Sav R Miller? Say no more

—

When is this coming out????? 😭

[Kimberlyyyreads · Rating 4 out of 5]

She was hot, I was not expecting that 7 yr time jump but I didn’t hate it.

BISEXUAL LEADS!! Ofc this cooked, they were perfectly horny and chaotic.

Sav really was in her bag while writing this 🤭

[⊹༚⋆𖤍⋆༚⊹ ℛ𝒶𝒸𝒽ℯ𝓁 ⊹༚⋆𖤍⋆༚⊹ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐️
3🌶️

I genuinely enjoyed this book so much.Especially since it’s a rupunzel retelling..my fav Disney movie 🤭🤭

[l e y a · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.75⭐️ Ugh there was so much potential but awful execution imo

[Melissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

This wasn't bad, but it needs some serious editing. The characters constantly say things that don't make a lot of sense, and conversations jump strangely from sentence to sentence. It was jarring and prevented me from getting immersed in the story.
However, I appreciated this twist on Rapunzel and thought the author did a great job of incorporating the fairy tale into a modern story.

[Shayla Frizzell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was a little worried when it started with Stella and Leo being 18/19 but was so glad there was a time jump and the bulk of the story was them older. This retelling was really enjoyable and very well written.

[Jenn Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

“Enemies” to lovers. Virgin FMC. Mafia Romance. Time jump.

I feel like this book should’ve been longer? It was good but I also felt it lacked in a way.

[Amelia Blackmon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stolen Vows, written by Sav R. Miller, is the third book in the Black Rose Auction.

*Forced marriage
*Rapunzel retelling
*Mafia romance

Stella is forced into marriage with Leo by her father, who owes a lot of money to Leo’s family. They are very young when this happens, and he allows her to escape his tower to go live her life because he knows his family will try to hurt her because of something he did to hurt the “Family.”

Seven years later Leo is back and ready to make Stella his once and forever. Of course there is some family drama, some push and pull between the main characters, and the drama from Stella selling her virginity at the Black Rose Auction. The MMC definitely has a hair fetish…🫣

Extreme slow burn, the FMC was still a virgin at 70%! 🙄 No OM drama, slight OW drama, no cheating, no third act breakup. Both characters celibate during their seven year break. Ends with a HFN.

Format: KU ebook
Genre: Contemporary fiction, Romance
Overall score:⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice level:🌶️🌶️🌶️
Characters: Stella (FMC) & Leo (MMC)

[han ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

i want to live in sav’s brain

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am so here for this multi-author Black Rose Auction universe. The concept is catnip - shared world, fresh POVs, and each author adding their own signature spice to the same dark undercurrent. Stolen Vows dives headfirst into mafia territory with all the tropes you crave: arranged marriage, enemies to lovers, simmering tension that detonates into downright explosive spice.

But what sets this one apart? That seven-year time jump. I did not see that coming. I fully expected our morally-gray alpha to drag her back kicking and screaming, but instead, we got nuance. Growth. Repression boiling under the surface until it finally snaps. That kind of long-game storytelling worked beautifully and gave their romance more layers than I was expecting.

Sure, it’s a classic mafia setup - brutal family politics, generational debt, and power plays - but Sav R. Miller adds enough emotional grit and character depth that it doesn’t feel recycled. The chemistry is scorching, the emotional beats hit hard, and I found myself devouring this one way too fast.

Will I be reading more from this author? Let’s just say my TBR list got longer… again.

[Kaylie Helfrich · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 stars rounded up

I enjoyed this one. I loved Leo and Stella, but I do wish we would have gotten more of them. For a book that starts off with a forced marriage, I was surprised to so little of this couple's interactions. I know this is a shorter book and so that's why I understand that this couple was a bit rushed. I do think that they had amazing chemistry and I loved the moments that we did get with them.

I loved the black rose aspects of this book! The auction and everything surrounding it was perfect and perfectly done.

I didn't really get a Rapunzel vibe from this book. It felt like the story was written before it was decided to be a fairy tale reimagining, and the 700 tower references were thrown in as an afterthought. I think I would have enjoyed this book even more if it wouldn't have been labeled as a Rapunzel reimagining as those aspects of the story felt forced and out of place.

Overall I did enjoy this story and I'm glad we finally got to see Stella's happily ever after.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of course Sav clears, but we knew that was gonna happen. We knew she would deliver; Sav is incapable and allegic to not delivering, it's simply not possible.

If you're here from the Monsters & Muses series, you know about Stella Ricci, the youngest of the Ricci sisters and featured in Promises & Pomegranates and Souls & Sorrows, Stella finally gets to step on stage in this Rapunzel remix that sees her married off to the son of a rival crime family for her father's debts.

And of course, if you're here from the M&M series, you know how crappy the Ricci parents are and how infuriating it is to see them interact and speak with Stella. You also know that Miller's books are violent, so there's a trigger warning for that.

Stella is a delight: If you've read and enjoyed Ali Hazelwood's works, Stella is reminiscent of one of Hazelwood's heroines, she's smart, capable, and determined, and she just wants to make her own life and get out of her sisters' shadows.

Leo is right there to help her, having noticed that she's more than she appears, he works to keep her safe and defend her.

But the night after their wedding Stella runs away, and Leo plays a long game of waiting to find her. Luckily fate is on Leo's side seven years later, the night Stella gets ready for the Black Rose Auction, attending to bid on a flower that her gene research company believes can make a few break throughs.

My only gripe about this one is that it's so short! But Sav can do no wrong!

[madmanreads · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 ⭐️ | 3 🌶️

🖤 Rapunzel retelling
🖤 Mafia romance
🖤 Arranged marriage
🖤 Virgin FMC
🖤 Bi main characters 🏳️‍🌈

📖: Stella has to marry Leo in an arranged marriage to help pay off her father’s debts. She escapes his penthouse soon after the wedding. 7 years later, she’s at the Black Rose Auction and runs into her husband, who is determined to get her back.

Overall an enjoyable read! I was ultimately disappointed with the Rapunzel retelling aspect of the story and was hoping for more connection between the 2 main characters.

I will continue on with this series because I have definitely enjoyed the ones I’ve read so far!

🎧 The audiobook was narrated by Megan Wicks and Marciano Catalano and I really enjoyed their portrayals of the main characters!

[Larareads · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actual rating 3.75 ⭐️

[Ally · Rating 2 out of 5]

Took everything in me not to DNF this

[★ Reshika · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25⭐️/5⭐️

Leo and Stella were so good! I loved the plot, it was mostly based on auction in the second half of the book
The starting was really good it had mafia aspects the marriage of convenience the tangled themed things happening
Leo was down bad for Stella from the moment they married he was obsessed with her for a long time
And the way this man did everything for his wife
To make sure she’s safe and achieves her dreams
Getting on his knees and saying “please” begging for his wife
He was such a good character who also killed his own father because he hurt Stella

Stella was a good character too girly was super independent and we love a women in stem
But I felt like she was constantly comparing herself with her sisters
I think this story had great potential but it was not executed properly I needed more character depth and development and I wish this was long
I really enjoyed this story I won’t lie but there were few times I wish it was written differently and in detail
All the things were brushed over like we only got to know the characters in surface level
I wanted a reunion with Stella and her sisters so I can’t wait to read the bonus content

[Alyshia · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you've read the Monsters & Muses series (even if you haven't), come on in and join the party by reading Stolen Vows...a story based on Rapunzel with a bit of a mafia twist where the final Ricci sister gets her own story. All Stella needs is to get out and all Leo needs is her.


I was so pumped to get a Stella-centric story that I didn't even think about how much I'd fall in love with the MMC. Leo has clawed his way into my heart and my top M&M fellas. I can't say enough about how much I adore Sav's writing and story telling and how actually excited I was for this book.
Stella is the quiet Ricci sister, the one with dreams of getting as far away from the mafia life as she can, through science. With big dreams on the line she's thrown the biggest curveball of all as her PoS father Rafe sells her off to be able to keep his assets to The Demon of Boston... from there we get a wild story with forced marriage and an MMC to die for. On top of all that goodness we get to watch Stella come into her own and watch Leo become who he was always supposed to be.
I loved every second of it.

[Sukriti · Rating 3 out of 5]

**Book Review – Stolen Vows by Sav R. Miller**

*Stolen Vows* is a dark romance filled with betrayal, obsession, and forbidden love. The story follows two characters trapped in an arranged marriage, filled with secrets and intense chemistry. The writing is gripping, and the tension between the main characters keeps the reader hooked. The emotional depth and morally grey characters add to the book’s appeal. While some scenes are intense and dark, the romance and drama make it hard to put down. Fans of enemies-to-lovers and mafia romance will enjoy this book. However, be mindful of the trigger warnings. A thrilling and addictive read! ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

[Vee · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

Tropes : mafia romance, LGBT (bisexual MCs), forced proximity, stalker H, J/P H, touch her and 💀
Ending : HEA
Triggers : murder, gore, violence, kidnapping
Spice : 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Angst : 🔥🔥🔥/5
OM/OW drama : OW (OW kissed h)
Celibate while separated: yes
Intimacy details: virgin h, rough sex, no condom, spanking, oral
Standalone/Series : standalone

Hero : Leopoldo de Tore (19/26)
Heroine: Stella Ricci/de Tore (18/25)

This would be the first time for me to read a book where the MCs were in LGBTQ+ community and in this one both were bisexual. Leo had a boyfriend and Stella knew she was attracted to both men and women even though she was still a virgin.

I quite enjoyed this one although they got long separation and usually I don’t read books that had long separation between the MCs but thankfully they were both celibate.

Would love to see more in the epilogue, maybe of them having a baby.

[Teran · Rating 5 out of 5]

So excited to be back in the monster and muses' world with this one! My only complaint was that it was too short. I want more Stella and Leo! But I jumped at the chance to back the Kickstarter for the Black Rose Auction series for this story alone, and I wasn't disappointed. If you're looking an easy to ready, spicy Mafia story, I recommend it!

[aly✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sav R. Miller will forever and always been an instant read for me. She just does everything so right (and wrong in the best way).

Stella and Leo? Ugh. Perfect. No notes. Also TWO bisexual main characters?! Incredible, truly. 10/10.
Seriously though, I really enjoyed this (as I always do with this author) and I might just read the rest of this series!

[Jeyshaslibrary · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Black Rose auction series has become my favorite series ever!
This book was spicy with great plot. The references to Tangled were AMAZING. Sav doesn't miss. And I'm so in love with this series and cannot wait to continue reading the series. 10/10 would recommend
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

[Cam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca for this ARC! This was the first Sav R Miller book I've read and oh BOY what an introduction. The time jump legitimately made me jump and made me about fifteen times more fascinated about this couple. Touch her and Die but no seriously Touch Her and DIE is my weak spot and I was so in love with the way it played out in this story.

[Toisreading · Rating 2 out of 5]

I can’t help but compare the book with the rest of the Monsters and Muses series. Everything in this book felt rushed, from the intrigue, to the plot, to the relationship development. The protagonists also were less interesting than the ones in the M&M series. Sadly, not what I expected from the author whose other series I found entertaining.

[Amber]

Feb 25

[Lexi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I WANT MOREEEE 😭😭😭😩😩

[Katarina Kantner · Rating 3 out of 5]

My wife 🥰