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Thursday, January 29, 2026

Pretty Prey by A. Zavarelli Release

    
  PRETTY PREY BY A. ZAVARELLI

 Release Date: 
January 26th 
  Series: 
Book 2 of the Empire of Kings series Complete standalone, interconnecting, no cliffhanger  
  Genre/Tropes
Dark Romance / Stalker / Masks / Obsessive/Possessive / Touch Her and Die / Mafia / Secret Society / Protective Hero / Morally Gray / Only Soft for Her / Neurodivergent FMC / Storm X Sunshine /Tortured Artsy Hero / Second Chance / Untouched Hero / Woman in Peril     

  PRETTY PREY by A. Zavarelli is NOW LIVE! 
  Make sure to grab this all-new, secret society, dark mafia romance TODAY!    


         

  BLURB   
  It started with a message from a stranger. Or so I thought. Beneath a veil of anonymity, he lured out my secrets, fears, and desires. Behind the mask, he could be anyone. And somehow, it felt safer not knowing. He comes to me under the cover of darkness, pulling me deeper into this forbidden game. I give myself to him, knowing the consequences could destroy my life. I just didn’t expect him to be the one to ruin me. When the mask comes off, the truth cuts deep. He isn’t just a man obsessed. He’s the same man who’s hated me for the last nine years. In the Cosa Nostra, they call him Il Lupo. The wolf. And all this time… I’ve been his prey.   

        

About A. Zavarelli:
Zavarelli is a USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of dark and contemporary romance. When she’s not putting her characters through hell, she can usually be found watching bizarre and twisted documentaries in the name of research. She currently lives in the Northwest with her lumberjack and an entire brood of fur babies.   
   
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