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Cusp of Darkness (The Cusp Series Book 1) Kindle Edition
Valerius Cafarelli
In my world, we live and die for our family. We brand our skin with symbols of loyalty and rank that bind us together. It’s time to step from behind the scenes and claim my birthright, leader of the Cafarelli family. But the mafia is nothing if not set in tradition. Marriage is the only way to claim what’s rightfully mine.
When the angel I’ve protected from a distance suddenly needs me as much as I need her, I make an offer she can’t refuse.
She is a candle in the night.
She is a prayer to the gods.
She is the knife that brings me to my knees.
—
Adaliya Solarin
I took an oath to save lives, trying to redeem myself from a bloody night where I played judge, jury, and executioner. I worked hard to erase all traces of the night I claimed revenge, but my mind can’t forget the man who ensured I’d never be put away for my crime.
Now I need someone to help me save my father from himself. When I’m left desperate and defeated, the man who saved me once offers one last chance at survival. What can I do but make a deal with the devil?
He is the bump in the night.
He is my darkest temptations come to life.
He is my salvation.
Cusp of Darkness is book one of the Cusp series but can be read as a standalone. It has a guaranteed HEA, swoon-worthy anti-hero, and badass heroine. This is an interracial mafia romance containing explicit sex scenes, graphic violence, and is recommended for readers 18+. For the full list of content warnings, please visit oliviapreya.ca- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJanuary 20, 2023
- File size1.7 MB
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- ASIN : B0BN2PSTZJ
- Publication date : January 20, 2023
- Language : English
- File size : 1.7 MB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 382 pages
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Book 1 of 2 : The Cusp Series
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Olivia Preya is a romance fanatic and author living in Toronto, Canada. She writes about what she loves—love, spice, and panty-dropping men with a soft spot for the love of their lives. When life gets a little tough or bland, she finds that fictional men are the best medicine.
Olivia considers herself to have two personas, like Wonder Woman, but with a pen––corporate marketing specialist by day and spicy romance author by night. She also likes to embrace all forms of sensuality, from pole dancing and erotic novels to good food; she believes that sometimes the best things in life are a little sinful.
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- Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2025I don't usually read romance - and I had no idea mafia romance was even a thing - but I can say that like a true romance novel, this author brings us to the juicy brink, teasing out the relationship with enticing physicality, mental torture, obsession and deep love. I felt like the book tapped into a fantasy that many women have but few care to admit: the longing to be taken care of, obsessed over, every need accommodated, and not a single financial worry in the world. Call me romantic, I guess ;)
- Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2023Valerius meets Adaliya on what could possibly be the worst night of her life. He handles things for her and they go their separate ways. Six years later and they’re back in each other’s lives and enter into a marriage of convenience.
I overall enjoyed reading this story. Both main characters were easy to like. And the story was good enough to keep my interest.
There were some things that I wasn’t sure were needed, like there were so many people involved in the plot, I didn’t get to really hate them the way I wanted except Noah and her father because they were weaved as villains from the beginning. It was so long before Sofia shows back up and that plot line have any impact that I started to question why it was there other than to add to his needing a bride. Also what happened to Johnny? I’m assuming they dealt with him but it’s not mentioned. Also I would’ve liked to seen how he dealt with Noah.
I think this is the author’s first book and overall it was good read, I’ll be checking out more of her work in the future.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2023This is the story of the Don and his Angel. Valerius Cafarelli and his men helped Adaliya Solarin during a traumatic occurrence. The pair meet six years later and enter into a mutually beneficial contract. Along the way they fall in love despite the numerous people working to tear them apart. The story is engaging from beginning to end. The sexual tension between Valerius and Adaliya is well written. The supporting characters are equally engaging. I can't wait to read about Salvatore and Naya's story. I hope the author writes stories about Nero and Kamara as well. Read the story to find out if Valerius & Adaliya decide to make the contract permanent or go their separate ways? I highly recommend this story. This will definitely be on my re-read list.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2023𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬: 𝘊𝘶𝘴𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘖𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘺𝘢
𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦:𝘔𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 ,𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦
𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 20𝘵𝘩 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 2023
𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝙽𝚎𝚝𝙶𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙰𝚁𝙲 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝙸 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔.
𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙾𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚢𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚏𝚒𝚊 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍. 𝚆𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙰𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚢𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝙴𝚁 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚗, 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍
*ᴅᴏɴ ᴠᴀʟᴇʀɪᴜꜱ ᴄᴀꜰᴀʀᴇʟʟɪ*
“𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙄𝙉…𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙨”
𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘺𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.
"It's always been out of our control. We were meant to be. Our fates were intertwined, our hearts were woven together, and our life will parallel that for as long as we live. No one else compares and I can't fathom a life without you."
Thank you for the ARC copy Olivia preya and NetGalley.
3.0 out of 5 stars𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬: 𝘊𝘶𝘴𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘖𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘺𝘢Mafia romance
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2023
𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦:𝘔𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 ,𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦
𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 20𝘵𝘩 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 2023
𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝙽𝚎𝚝𝙶𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙰𝚁𝙲 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝙸 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔.
𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙾𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚢𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚏𝚒𝚊 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍. 𝚆𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙰𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚢𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝙴𝚁 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚗, 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍
*ᴅᴏɴ ᴠᴀʟᴇʀɪᴜꜱ ᴄᴀꜰᴀʀᴇʟʟɪ*
“𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝘼𝙂𝘼𝙄𝙉…𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙨”
𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘺𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.
"It's always been out of our control. We were meant to be. Our fates were intertwined, our hearts were woven together, and our life will parallel that for as long as we live. No one else compares and I can't fathom a life without you."
Thank you for the ARC copy Olivia preya and NetGalley.
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2023I rarely find a new author these days that not only have a good story and the amount of erotic spice I like so this was a pleasant surprise. Can't wait to read the next book from this author and hope this becomes a series.
Top reviews from other countries
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United Kingdom on January 23, 2023
3.0 out of 5 stars Conflicting feelings (contains spoilers)
I enjoyed the book as the story was interesting and well written.
Valerius was the perfect mafia boss although his biggest flaw was his obsession for keeping Adaliya “pure”. This attitude was completely misguided given that he was a mob boss. She needed training in the working of the life and in self defense.
My main gripe with the book is how the women were written. Let’s start with Adaliya. She was very judgmental and mouthy. The whole I’m an independent women doesn’t work if you can’t read the room. On more than one occasion, she put herself and others in danger for her self righteousness instead of being cautious and trying to navigate the culture. She was also very immature. Someone approches you with a video and instead of talking to your husband, you have a tantrum and go out barely dressed to a club? Childish and disrespectful to her husband, the Don. Her keeping Noah’s blackmail to herself whilst her husband has the means to deal with it was also bizarre.
As for Naya, why did the author thought it was ok to have her basically insult a Don, whist she knows the consequences? Salvatore or not, she needs to suffer for the Insult.
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in Canada on March 9, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars fun beginning to end
This book truly was so much fun to read beginning to end. I loved the way thr author paced the story. I know some people said it didn’t really pick up until the last 1/3 (which I dont disagree with)the was done was exceptionally wrll. We got a solid base for each character, their motivattions, bit it also allowed the reader to speculate about how everything would come to the climax and be resolved.
The writing style is addictive and the world was rich with depth and excitement. There were a few editing erros to no fault of the author especially since this was her first book. I cannot wait to keep reading her and see where her next story takes us with Salvatore and Naya
- jem wockerReviewed in Canada on January 30, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!
Oooh! This booked had me INVESTED! Olivia created a world that made me feel like I was in the plot with all these characters. I could not stop reading. I was drooling over what was going to happen next. Valerius and his Angelo have a love
And chemistry that you can feel through the book! I cannot wait for the next one! So hurry up, Miss Preya! I'm addicted lol