Wicked

Wicked A Dark Curvy Girl Mafia Romance Nichole Rose Nichole Rose Copyright Copyright © 2023 by Nichole Rose All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher or author, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. Downloading or distributing this file on piracy websites or through any means not authorized by the author is theft. Please respect the author's rights. Contents About the Book Content Advisory Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Epilogue Author's Note The Surgeon Instalove Book Club Nichole's Book Beauties Follow Nichole More By Nichole Rose About Nichole Rose About the Book To win her love, this crime boss will need more than money and power. Gabriel They say those with the power make the rules. They lied. Genesis Burbank refuses to bend to my will. I know because I've tried. She wants nothing to do with me. That isn't going to work for me. She's the only thing in this world I need. One way or another, I'll make her mine. Genesis I know what people say about Gabriel Valentino. He's not just a billionaire. He's a criminal. When he catches me trying to steal from him, I expect a quick death. Instead, the bossy, arrogant man hires me. But I won't bow to any man… Not even the one who owns my soul. Not even to save my own life. Warning When this wicked mob boss finds his curvy girl, he'll do whatever it takes to make her his. If you enjoy over-the-top billionaires, willful heroines, and steamy romance, you'll love Gabriel and Genesis. As always, Nichole Rose books come complete with a guaranteed HEA. No cheating. Each book in the Ruined Trilogy features a different Valentino brother and can be read as a standalone novel. Content Advisory This book contains a burn-the-world hero who says what he wants, takes what he wants, and makes no apologies. If gratuitous explicit language, graphic sexual scenes, and kink (including light somnophilia, anal play, spanking, light degradation, forced orgasms, and powerplay) aren't your cup of tea, this book is not for you. This book deals with sexual harassment, gun violence, and touches on suicidal ideation. If you're down, meet Gabriel Valentino. If you're not, have you met his brothers? They're deliciously wicked (and a little less wild). xx, Nichole Chapter One Gabriel "Your brothers are worried about you." It's always fascinating to watch night descend on Chicago. Darkness falls over the city in increments, casting odd distortions as the sun disappears into its cradle. The places standing in the shadows of the high-rises take the plunge first, daylight giving way to night well before the sun sinks below the horizon. Back alleys, nooks, and crannies go dark next, followed by the river and the lake. By the time the last ray winks out, the entire city glows with a distorted, artificial light…none of which guards it against the goddamn chill.None of which protects it, either.But we light the city up anyway, surrounding ourselves with halos most of us haven't earned. Shit. Half of us have deluded ourselves into thinking they're real. Just ask the fire-and-brimstone preachers shouting from the pulpits. Half of them prattle on in self-righteous piety, sin behind closed doors, and then think their lip service has secured their place in heaven.If God is watching, he's probably laughing his ass off.He turned from me a long time ago."Did you hear me, Gabriel? Your brothers are worried about you.""I heard you, and I'm fine," I tell Mattia Agostino with a sigh. My breath fogs a section of the glass in front of me, distorting part of the city laid out far below. Up here, I'm closer to heaven than almost anyone else in this city…and yet I'll be one of the last motherfuckers allowed through the gates. I have less blood on my hands than most of the men I know, but I may be the most damned of all. "They worry too much.""Yes, well, I believe that's in the job description," he says wryly. The bastard. "Older brothers and all.""Rafe and Luca need to spend more time worried about their own shit and less time worried about me and mine." I turn from the windows in my office to look at Mattia, who leans against my desk with his arms crossed, a smirk on his face. He's a smug son of a bitch. He fits the executive office better than I do in his Italian suit, though. In my leather bomber jacket and jeans, I look more like I belong in a mechanic's shop. "I'm least likely to die with a knife in my back.""Touché."I shrug. Facts are facts. When you're a Valentino, betrayal and murder come with the territory. It comes often for our family. It started…fuck, I honestly don't know when the death and dying started. When our father's ambitions got our mother killed decades ago, maybe. He moved into territory that didn't belong to him, and she paid the price.So did Rafe and Nico, my older twin brothers.One, Nico, has been on a quest to find heaven ever since. The other, Rafe, started his descent into hell. He took two bullets that day. It changed him, hardened him. He was eleven. At eighteen, he sold his soul to our father to save the twin he loved. Luca and I sold ours to guard his back. Nico stopped speaking to all of us, and it's been all downhill from there.Murder, mayhem, and destruction…our family legacy. It's a goddamn albatross around our necks. But we've carried it too far to cut it loose now. Too many lives are intertwined with ours, too many other legacies.La Costa Nostra demands everything you have and then a little more. To protect us, Rafe made himself king of kings, the Capo dei capi. If he falls, so do