Owned by ShadowsLucien Moretti rules the city with blood-stained hands and a heart long buried beneath power, violence, and fear. To the world, he is merciless—a mafia king whose name alone silences rooms. No one dares cross him. No one dares get close.Then Elara Bennett arrives at his mansion as a maid. Shy, gentle, and kind, she is everything his dark world is not. She lowers her eyes when he enters a room, blushes when he speaks to her, and somehow treats him like a man instead of a monster.Lucien should ignore her. He should keep her far from the danger that follows him like a shadow. Instead, he becomes obsessed with protecting the soft-hearted girl who slips past every wall he built around himself.As enemies close in and betrayal threatens his empire, Elara is dragged into a world of secrets, violence, and forbidden desire. The closer they become, the more dangerous it is—for her heart and for his control.She was hired to clean his house.She never expected to unravel the man inside it.Darkly seductive, emotionally intense, and impossible to put down, Owned by Shadows is a story of obsession, healing, and a love powerful enough to tame even the cruelest heart.