MEET THE CHARACTERS

Isabella Romano

• Age: Mid-20s

• Role: Mafia princess, daughter of Don Vittorio Romano

• Appearance: Dark, glossy hair, gray eyes,lips made for secrets. Always dressed in silk and velvet, a woman meant to be admired but never touched.

• Personality: Intelligent, sharp-tongued, secretly rebellious. She’s been groomed to be untouchable—but beneath the surface, she burns with forbidden desires.

• Conflict: Torn between her loyalty to her family and the craving she feels for the one man she can never have.

Matteo DeLuca

• Age: Early 30s

• Role: Ruthless enforcer for the DeLuca family, sworn enemy of the Romanos

• Appearance: Tall, broad shoulders, scars that tell stories, tattoos hidden beneath tailored suits. Dark, dangerous eyes that promise both sin and ruin.

• Personality: Brutal, calculating, but with a darkly magnetic charm. A man who takes what he wants—yet finds himself unable to resist Isabella’s fire.

• Conflict: Duty tells him to destroy her family. Lust makes him want to claim her.

Supporting Characters

Don Vittorio Romano

• Role: Isabella’s father, head of the Romano family

• Personality: Cold, strategic, ruthless. Loves his daughter but sees her as a piece in his empire, not as a woman with desires.

Chiara Romano

• Role: Isabella’s cousin and confidante

• Personality: Sharp and mischievous, the one person Isabella can be honest with. May suspect Isabella’s secret desires before anyone else.

Adriano Romano

• Role: Isabella’s older brother, heir to the family throne

• Personality: Fiercely protective, arrogant, quick to violence. Would kill Matteo without hesitation if he knew the truth.

Lorenzo DeLuca

• Role: Matteo’s cousin and rival within the DeLuca clan

• Personality: Ambitious, jealous, always watching Matteo. He’s a ticking time bomb for betrayal.

Don Salvatore DeLuca

• Role: Head of the DeLuca crime family, Matteo’s uncle

• Personality: Cruel, calculating, less refined than Don Vittorio Romano but just as ruthless. He rules through fear, not respect.

• Appearance: Thick build, salt-and-pepper hair, piercing blue eyes that see everything.

• Conflict: Wants to crush the Romanos once and for all and expects Matteo to be his weapon.

Giulia DeLuca

• Role: Don Salvatore’s daughter (Matteo’s cousin)

• Personality: Sharp, ambitious, seductive. She uses charm to get her way, but behind her beauty is poison.

• Possible Twist: She has her own agenda—maybe aligning with the Romanos in secret, or desiring Matteo herself.

Niccolò DeLuca

• Role: Matteo’s younger brother

• Personality: More reckless and hot-headed than Matteo, quick to draw a gun, but not as calculating. Fiercely loyal to Matteo.

• Conflict: Doesn’t trust Isabella and would spill blood to keep Matteo focused on family loyalty.

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Velvet Hunger was born from the idea of forbidden desire—the kind that makes your pulse race, that you know you shouldn’t touch, but you can’t resist. I wanted Isabella and Matteo’s story to feel like velvet against the skin—soft, decadent, but with a dangerous edge that cuts deep.

This is a mafia romance drenched in sin. It’s not just about power and blood—it’s about the kind of hunger that devours reason, pride, and sometimes even loyalty. Isabella isn’t just a princess in a gilded cage; she’s a woman who dares to taste the fire she’s been warned against. And Matteo? He’s every warning wrapped in temptation.

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