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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Violence, Death, Murder, Bullying, Miscarriage, Forced marriage, Attempted murder, Betrayal
Corrupting the Innocent
by P. Rayne
Book 2 in The Mafia Academy
Come for the forbidden best-friend's-brother ache; stay for the moment Antonio finally chooses Sofia over the role everyone wrote for him.
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Length288 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- High
- Passionate / intense
- The angst delivered
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- Possessive alpha
- One-sided pining
- Possessive / claiming
- Tension finally satisfied
- Protector
- Possessive love interest
- Taboo / forbidden
- Romantic fulfillment
- Protective love interest
- First time / discovery
- Addictive read
- She falls first
- Tension / anticipation
- Push and pull
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Experienced x innocent
- Possessive/protective
- Bound by honor
- First time/virgin romance
- Possessive
- Corruption kink
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Mafia romance
- Academy / campus
- Contemporary
- Best friend's brother
- Academy / school
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- Secret relationship
- Arranged marriage
- Virgin x experienced
- Love triangle
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Dramatic
- Moderate
- Medium
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- Mafia princess
- Angsty
- Emotional
- Innocent / sheltered
- Romantic
- Seductive
- Suspenseful
- Tense
- Fast-paced
- Steamy
- Yearning
- Dangerous
- Forbidden desire
- Betrayal and forgiveness
- Protect at all costs
- Addictive pacing
- Page turner
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 288 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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