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- Content warnings: Blood, Violence, Graphic violence, Murder, Death, Death of loved one, Kidnapping, Torture, Betrayal, Sexual content
Reign of Royal
by Samantha Barrett
Book 1 in Memento Mori
Come for the next-gen mafia succession drama. Stay for Erika refusing to be anyone's soft spot while Royal slowly realizes she already is.
goodreads 4.5/5 497 ratings
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Length288 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 3 books
Spice4/5 · Rough / aggressive style
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Rough / aggressive style
- Adrenaline rush
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- Morally gray
- Love/hate tension
- Dirty talk heavy
- Book hangover incoming
- Anti-hero
- Morally gray x morally gray
- Taboo / forbidden
- Possessive alpha
- Protective love interest
- Power dynamic
- Thief/criminal
- Push and pull
- Frequent explicit scenes
- Possessive/protective
- Tension
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Anal elements
- Dominance
- Possessive
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Mafia romance
- Secret society
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- Revenge romance
- Romantic suspense
- Found family
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Heavy
- Survivor
- Gritty
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- Suspenseful
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Fast-paced
- Femme fatale
- Intense
- Edgy
- Seductive
- Revenge arc
- Cliffhanger warning
- Page turner
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 288 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book