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The Binding Oath: Book 1 of Arcane Obsession series, a Dark Mafia Romance trilogy
THE BINDING OATHShe came to destroy him. He made her stay.
Elara Dosier is running out of time. Her family's mafia legacy is bleeding out, and the Obsidian Circle's masked gala is her last chance to sabotage the enemy. One mission. One night. Then she can disappear.
Damien Halez has other plans.
The heir to everything her family lost has been watching her for years—cataloging her masks, her lies, her tells. When he corners her with a video that could bury her, he doesn't want her dead. He wants her close. Under his protection. Under his eye. Under his skin.
She's leverage. Insurance. A weapon aimed at her own family.
She's also the only person who's ever looked at him without fearing what he might become.
Now she's trapped in his world of blood oaths and surveillance shadows, forced to perform devotion while plotting escape. But every secret he uncovers pulls her deeper. Every touch she doesn't refuse rewrites the rules. And the obsession consuming him is starting to feel mutual.
He holds the video. She holds his attention.
Neither of them holds the truth about the night that started everything.
Enemies-to-lovers • Blackmail romance • Captive heroine • Obsessive hero • Forced proximity • Secret society • Mafia rivals • Who-did-this-to-whom
🔥 Explicit heat Dark themes HEA guaranteed at series end Book 1 of 3 — ends on cliffhanger
For readers who want the psychological intensity of Rina Kent, the moral complexity of Penelope Douglas, the mafia stakes of Danielle Lori, and an HEA that costs everything to achieve.
Elara Dosier is running out of time. Her family's mafia legacy is bleeding out, and the Obsidian Circle's masked gala is her last chance to sabotage the enemy. One mission. One night. Then she can disappear.
Damien Halez has other plans.
The heir to everything her family lost has been watching her for years—cataloging her masks, her lies, her tells. When he corners her with a video that could bury her, he doesn't want her dead. He wants her close. Under his protection. Under his eye. Under his skin.
She's leverage. Insurance. A weapon aimed at her own family.
She's also the only person who's ever looked at him without fearing what he might become.
Now she's trapped in his world of blood oaths and surveillance shadows, forced to perform devotion while plotting escape. But every secret he uncovers pulls her deeper. Every touch she doesn't refuse rewrites the rules. And the obsession consuming him is starting to feel mutual.
He holds the video. She holds his attention.
Neither of them holds the truth about the night that started everything.
Enemies-to-lovers • Blackmail romance • Captive heroine • Obsessive hero • Forced proximity • Secret society • Mafia rivals • Who-did-this-to-whom
🔥 Explicit heat Dark themes HEA guaranteed at series end Book 1 of 3 — ends on cliffhanger
For readers who want the psychological intensity of Rina Kent, the moral complexity of Penelope Douglas, the mafia stakes of Danielle Lori, and an HEA that costs everything to achieve.
452 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 23, 2025
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