A morally-gray Greek mafia romance series

The Astakos
Syndicate

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

Eight couples. One coast.

Read in order, or start with the trope that owns you. Each book is complete.

The Saltworks Vows

The Saltworks Vows

Marriage of convenience · he-falls-first

He gave the order to bury me. So I married him instead.

Buried Vows

Buried Vows

Bodyguard · touch-her-and-die

The family's knife, sworn to guard the one woman he can't have.

Saltbound Vows

Saltbound Vows

Enemies-to-lovers

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

Undertow Vows

Undertow Vows

Forbidden · age-gap

The exile and the consigliere's daughter, walled apart by rank.

Riptide Vows

Riptide Vows

Woman-on-the-run · thriller

They priced her alive and sent the burned handler to walk her in soft.

Anchored Vows

Anchored Vows

Second chance · the one who left

He left without a word eight years ago. Now he's back in her doorway.

Salt and Vows

Salt and Vows

Marriage of convenience

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

Last Tide Vows

Last Tide Vows

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

About Saskia Veris

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.