Fallen Royal — Rachel Van Dyken

A mafia romance about betrayal and faith by Rachel Van Dyken, the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Eagle Elite series.The truth may hurt for a little while, but a lie hurts forever.—Ryan BiggeI grew up knowing it would happen one day.Believing that I would fall into my father's footsteps and become a monster of my own making.So I fought it.I lived.I loved.I teased.And then one day… I destroyed.And realized I loved the pain.Obsessed over the feeling.So I cut again and again and again.She saw my rage, my madness, and tried to stop me from destroying myself, and I hated her for it, pushing her away past the point of no return.Izzy Abandonato was supposed to be mine.But there are some things people can never come back from. I hurt her, she hurt me, and now I'm living a lie. Telling the ones I love that I'm on one side when for years I've been forced to play both.I'm no angel.I've fallen.And I may single-handedly bring down the Cosa Nostra—by default.I, Maksim Sinacore, will have my vengeance.I will win her back.Even if it means I have to kill everyone in my path.The pain masks the betrayal.I never realized that one day—I'd be the very rat that I hated. That I was sent to kill. But once you're deep in a lie—you'll do anything to hide the truth.She fell for the bad one.She fell for the sinner.So why does that make me smile?