
The Saltworks Vows
Marriage of convenience · he-falls-first
He gave the order to bury me. So I married him instead.
A morally-gray Greek mafia romance series
Dangerous men. Sharper women. Vows written in salt.
Eight standalone love stories. One Mediterranean shipping-and-salt empire where the family that owns the coast owns the law. A hero who falls first, every single time. No cheating. No cliffhangers. A hard-won happily-ever-after, guaranteed.
Coming August 2026 · Kindle & Kindle Unlimited
Read in order, or start with the trope that owns you. Each book is complete.

Marriage of convenience · he-falls-first
He gave the order to bury me. So I married him instead.

Bodyguard · touch-her-and-die
The family's knife, sworn to guard the one woman he can't have.

Enemies-to-lovers
I put her husband in the water. Now they want me to swear to keep her.

Forbidden · age-gap
The exile and the consigliere's daughter, walled apart by rank.

Woman-on-the-run · thriller
They priced her alive and sent the burned handler to walk her in soft.

Second chance · the one who left
He left without a word eight years ago. Now he's back in her doorway.

Marriage of convenience
The rite-keeper who's never the groom, bound by the old law to the one woman he can't refuse.

Enemies-to-lovers · the finale
She can read the book that owns his family. She's the granddaughter of the man who built it.
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Saskia Veris writes morally-gray mafia romance for readers who like their love stories dangerous and their heroines sharper than the men who underestimate them. Her Astakos Syndicate novels unfold in a Mediterranean shipping-and-salt empire where the family that owns the coast owns the law. Slow-burn, high-stakes, and always a hard-won happily-ever-after, because the best love stories are the ones both people have to survive.