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🌌Connected worlds

Literary Universes

Series that share a world, characters who appear in each other's books, and tropes that repeat across sagas. Explore the connections that make every read richer.

Evaverse

Eva Winners

Eva Winners' shared universe, where every series unfolds in the same interconnected reality. The Nikolaev, King, Santos, Morrelli, Vitale and Russo families weave between sagas, the children of one set of protagonists become the protagonists of another, and every book can stand alone or become part of a global mafia web spanning Belles & Mobsters, Thorns of Omertà, Kingpins of the Syndicate, Stolen Empire, Russian Sinners, Legacy of Heathens and beyond.

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Rinaverse

Rina Kent

Rina Kent's shared universe, where every series unfolds in the same reality with slightly shifted timelines. Characters cross between sagas, the King, Steel, Nash and Volkov families weave in and out of each other's stories, and every book can stand alone or become part of a much bigger web.

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Nevaverse

Neva Altaj

A mafia romance universe where the most ruthless men of the Russian bratvas and Italian Cosa Nostra rule. Complex characters, broken antiheroes, strong heroines, no infidelity, and a guaranteed happily ever after. The world expands through eleven interconnected novels where each male protagonist belongs to one of these crime families, appearing in each other's books as brothers, partners, or rivals.

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