Declan: An Irish Mafia Romance

by Laura Holly

An arranged marriage was never meant to be kind.
It was meant to be binding.

Declan O’Connell is the head of the O’Connell bloodline, cold, calculating, and ruthless enough to keep an empire standing on fear alone. He doesn’t believe in love. He believes in loyalty, legacy, and control.

So when a marriage is arranged to secure power, he expects obedience.
What he doesn’t expect is her.

She isn’t soft.
She isn’t pliable.
And she refuses to bow.

From the moment she steps into his world, Declan knows one thing with brutal certainty—she will either break his rule… or become his greatest weakness.

What starts as a contract turns into a war of wills.
What should have been distance becomes possession.
And what was never meant to be love turns into something dark, consuming, and dangerous.

Because once Declan O’Connell claims what is his,
there is no escape.
Only surrender.

301 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 27, 2026

About the author

Laura Holly writes dark romance with sharp edges and hard-earned HEAs — motorcycle clubs, Irish mafia, and the kind of found family that will burn the world for you.

Series (start anywhere, binge in order if you want the full war):

• Wilde Steel MC — Savage → Diesel → Viper → Ghost → Reaper (holiday novella after Reaper)
• Ashen Crow — James → Hex → Roman
• The O'Sullivan Empire — Callum → Rory → Niall → Grave → Scar → Liam (Scar crosses into Wilde Steel)
• The O'Connell Bloodline — Declan → Ronan → Patrick → Eamon → Slate → Tommy → Finn

Expect possessive heroes, fierce heroines, spice, violence, and no cheating. 18+.

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