{"id":257160,"date":"2026-07-13T15:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/cruel-savior-lilith-vincent\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:20:49","slug":"cruel-savior-lilith-vincent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/cruel-savior-lilith-vincent\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruel Savior – Lilith Vincent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Almost free. My phone buzzes in my purse. I pull it out, still smiling, expecting maybe a text from Lucy. It\u2019s from Dad. Be careful around Vincenzo\u2019s guard dog. If he catches on to what you\u2019re up to, he\u2019ll wring your neck. The engagement means nothing. You\u2019re not safe. It\u2019s them or us. Matteo couldn\u2019t possibly see my screen from where he\u2019s sitting, but I hastily lock the screen and put my phone face down in my lap. The sunshine suddenly feels cold. I stare out the window, my good mood crumbling to ash.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything okay?\u201d Matteo glances at me in the rearview mirror. I smooth my features over with a smile. \u201cOf course. Everything\u2019s fine.\u201d Class passes in a haze. I take notes without absorbing a single word, my professor\u2019s voice washing over me like distant static. When it\u2019s finally over, I find Matteo waiting outside the lecture hall, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, looking supremely unbothered by the curious stares from passing students.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood class?\u201d he asks. \u201cShall I take you home?\u201d I nod wordlessly, wishing I had an excuse to go anywhere else. The bottle of poison is in my nightstand, and I\u2019ll feel its deadly presence silently demanding me to use it on the man who promised to keep me safe. Matteo gazes at me, his lips pressed together in concern. \u201cYou know what? I\u2019ve got a better idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

I look up in surprise. \u201cOh?\u201d A smile spreads over his face. \u201cYou hungry? I know a place. The best Italian food in the city.\u201d \u201cYes, please,\u201d I say quickly. He escorts me back to his car and opens the back door for me. I slide inside, relief lightening my heart at the thought that I\u2019m going anywhere but home. As we drive, I feel my phone vibrate in my bag.<\/p>\n

Wincing, I glance inside, praying that it\u2019s not Dad. I breathe a sigh of relief when I see that it\u2019s Lucy. Damiano just told me he saw you at dinner with Vincenzo Vici last night. Does this mean that Vici\u2013Montoni relations have been mended? Perhaps with a kiss? More kisses?? I stare at Lucy\u2019s messages as I wonder how to reply.<\/p>\n

A minute later, she texts me again. Was Damiano with a woman? Was it that politician\u2019s daughter? Ugh. I can\u2019t stand her. I smile and roll my eyes. Lucy has hated every woman her brother has ever dated. She\u2019s as possessive of his affections as he is protective of her. I\u2019ll call you soon and tell you everything. Promise.<\/p>\n

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I saved his life. Now he owns mine. I\u2019ve lived my whole life in a golden cage, the captive daughter of a powerful mafia don. When my father arranges my marriage to Vincenzo Vici, a cold-blooded assassin from a rival family, it\u2019s a death sentence.<\/p>\n

For both of us. Because my father uses our engagement to slaughter the Vicis and take their territory. But he makes a grave error. He doesn\u2019t kill the most dangerous Vici of all: Vincenzo himself. I\u2019ve never met my intended fianc\u00e9, so when I stumble upon a handsome, bloodied stranger being tortured in a laundromat in the middle of the night, I follow my instincts and save his life.<\/p>\n

Big mistake. The man I saved is Vincenzo Vici, and when he discovers I\u2019m the woman who led his family to slaughter, I realize there are circles of hell my father never showed me. Vincenzo should kill me. He wants to kill me. Instead, he decides to make me pay in a different way\u2014by holding me to our arranged marriage and exacting his revenge on me. But Vincenzo isn\u2019t the monster I expected. His ruthless kisses light up my soul. His darkness is a dangerous addiction.<\/p>\n

And when my father hands me poison and orders me to finish what he started, I\u2019m caught between two impossible choices: loyalty to my own blood, or devotion to the darkness that sets me free. OceanofPDF.com CRUEL SAVIOR by LILITH VINCENT Copyright \u00a9 2026 Lilith Vincent | All Rights Reserved | Cover design by The Book Brander Cover photography by Paperback Model Editing by Fox Fiction Editing Proofreading by Rumi Khan No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except brief quotations for reviews.<\/p>\n

Thank you for respecting the author\u2019s work. This book is a work of fiction. All characters, places, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author\u2019s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any similarities between persons living or dead are purely coincidental. Created with Vellum OceanofPDF.com WELCOME TO MALUS The city of Malus. Proud and deadly mafia families locked in a struggle for power. Protect your heart. Love is ruthless. OceanofPDF.com A NOTE TO READERS Adora and Vincenzo\u2019s story was inspired by a daydream I had on New Year\u2019s Day 2024 (the laundromat scene that you\u2019ll read in the first chapter) and it unfolded from there in all its messy, violent glory.<\/p>\n

Cruel Savior contrasts dark and sweet. The violent with the romantic. The cruelty of a toxic family and the blessings of a family you create yourself. Vincenzo is a dangerous and broken anti-hero driven to the brink. Adora is his sweet heroine nursing scars of her own. They\u2019re sworn enemies pitted against each other in dire circumstances, and they\u2019re desperately in need of each other.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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