Torched Spades: A Forbidden Enemies to Lovers Mafia Romance

Written by Cora Kenborn

Narrated by Alan Carlson and Kai Kennicott

From USA Today best-selling author Cora Kenborn comes the Marchesi Empire, a forbidden enemies-to-lovers dark mafia romance duet.

Never flirt with fire....

Eight weeks ago, Johnny Malone showed up at my office, flipping a playing card between his fingers like I was wasting his time. Me. The one with the PhD. The one a self-confessed arsonist came to for help in controlling his "urges". The one he visits every week and undresses with his eyes.

Lethal dark eyes that drown me in fiery lust and constant lies.

But the deeper I sink, the more those ethical lines blur, and his charm overshadows his inner demons.

Ones with no family, no friends, and no past.

Just a standing Tuesday appointment.

He's hiding from something.

Or someone....

And I intend to find out.

I've always had strict rules about men: No liars. No patients. No criminals. In one afternoon, I broke all three.

They say you should never play with fire....

Now I know why.

Torched Spades is book one in the Marchesi Empire Duet. The conclusion, Tortured Hearts, will release in late 2022.

Torched Spades contains dark subject matter. Please refer to the author's note at the front of the book for more details.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pink Flamingo Productions
• Release date: Apr 19, 2023
• ISBN: 9781963415117

Cora Kenborn

Cora Kenborn is a USA Today Bestselling author of over twenty-five multi-genre novels, including the Carrera Cartel Trilogy.   While best known for her dark and gritty romances, Cora infuses sharp banter and a shocking blindside in every story she writes. She loves a brooding antihero who falls hard for a feisty heroine who stands beside him, not behind him.  Although she’s a native North Carolinian, Cora claims the domestic Southern Belle gene skipped a generation, so she spends any free time convincing her family that microwaved mac and cheese counts as fine dining.  Oh, and autocorrect thinks she's obsessed with ducks.