About
Nova
Bianchi
Nova Bianchi writes dark contemporary romance about dangerous men who are honest about what they are, and the women who walk in with better terms than anyone expected.
The Cataldo Dynasty started with a question: what does a man do when the one thing he wants can’t be taken, only given? Every book since has been some version of the answer, which is usually ask, and then live with what she says.
All of them are set in Harrow Bay: one port city, one crime family, and a great many people keeping books they shouldn’t be keeping. Each one is a standalone with its own complete happily-ever-after, so you can start anywhere. Read them in order and you’ll watch a family rise.
Expect morally grey men, competent women who are never rescued from their own decisions, slow-burn obsession, high heat, and an ending that pays what the first chapter promised.
On content
These books are dark, and they are meant to be. They are also written on the principle that consent, agency, and an earned emotional payoff are not the things you trade away to get there. Every book has a full content-notes page so you can decide before you start rather than find out at chapter twenty.
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Truce Line, free
A prequel novella, and the shortest way to find out whether these books are for you.