Fairy tales and reality are concepts so different from one another, they shouldn’t exist in the same world. The story in which the maid defies her stepmother, goes to the ball, and dances with the prince isn’t how real life works. For Della Lambert, real life is disappointing. Real life means working for her stepfather in exchange for her and her sister’s freedom. Attend the party, steal their secrets, and lure the mafia prince in.
Nico Corsetti isn’t a prince though. He’s the callous Capo who hunts his prey until he’s satisfied in his vengeance. When Della becomes his target, he won’t stop chasing her, even when her betrayal demands her death. In the end, real life isn’t a fairy tale and the prince is simply another controlling villain.
The Hunt in Elusion is an enemies to lovers mafia romance between the mafia capo and the woman who becomes his undoing. Expect a spicy Cinderella inspired romance packed full of betrayal and secrets amidst the Montreal mafia. The Hunt in Elusion has content some readers may find triggering. It is the first book in Fractured Ever Afters, a series of interconnected standalones that are best read in order.
USA Today Bestselling author M.L. Philpitt writes both dark romance and paranormal romance. When she’s not writing made-up realities, she’s reading them. She lives in Canada with her four pets and survives life with coffee and an obsession with fictional characters, especially the morally grey kind. By day, she masks as a therapist, and is still waiting for her Hogwarts letter so she can be sorted into her Ravenclaw house.