Title: Merciless Betrayal

Series: Brannington Empire Series #2

Author: Anise Storm

Genre: Mafia Romance

Release Date: January 13, 2026

Tropes: 

 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚

 𝙈𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚

 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚

 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨

 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙

 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙄𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙮

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Reagan Coughlin
I’d always known I’d never be part of his world, but I tried anyway.
And what should’ve been the happiest time of my life turned into Hell.
Back then, I didn’t know the true lengths a Brannington would go.
It’s why I’d fled and never looked back. Until now. Until I see him again.
I’d once thought that we were soulmates, but it had all been a delusion.
And now, it’s more than my heart I must protect. I must protect our child.

Cillian has changed from the boy I’d once known. He’s more dangerous.
And he’s out for more than blood. He wants to break me - heart and soul.

Only, they’re no longer mine to give. They’ve always been only his.

Cillian Brannington
She was considered beneath me by my family. I’d never given a damn.
Despite a foolish and desperate move, my grandfather enacted an evil plan.

I’d tried protecting Reagan, but I’d ultimately failed her, and I’d failed us.
Until ten years later when I come face to face with a ghost from my past.

She might be using a different name, but I would know her anywhere.
Her betrayal reignites a spark in a heart that I’d thought died alongside her.

And now love doesn’t fill me. Anger and retribution does instead.
I want to make her pay for her betrayal, but I’m not faultless in her eyes.
In the world of an eye for an eye, this battle might be a heart for a heart.