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Hearts of Asphalt – Dark Erotic Crime Stories

Hearts of Asphalt – Dark Erotic Crime Stories

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IMPORTANT: this is a digital e-book

  • You’ll receive it by e-mail immediately after purchase.
  • Includes 2 formats: EPUB and PDF.
  • You will receive it in ENGLISH, but you can also read it in one of the other five major languages: italian, french, german, spanish, and portuguese.

All editions are included in the same download: simply open the folder of your preferred language.

No physical shipment: instant reading, zero waiting.

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  • You can also find the paperback edition on Amazon.

Perfect if you love reading with the scent of paper in your hands.

Hearts of Asphalt – Erotic Noir That Cuts Deep

This Premium Edition includes extra content and exclusive original illustrations created for this version.

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Details & Specifications

  • Format: Illustrated eBook in pulp/noir style
  • Pages: Approx. 100
  • For readers of: Dark Romance, erotic noir, crime stories, and fans of intense and sensual fiction
  • Language: English
  • Publication Date: 2025
  • Publisher: Steel Mind Books
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What you'll find in this book

  • 7 tales of raw eroticism and elegant violence.
  • Original black-and-white illustrations in Sin City style.
  • Dangerous women, lethal men, and burning desires.
  • Sharp dialogue, gritty atmosphere, and seductive tension.
  • Two exclusive unpublished Premium stories.
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📘 Click to view the story index
  • 1 – Smoke and Flesh
  • 2 – Black Flower
  • 3 – Queen Without a Crown
  • 4 – Palermo’s Last Tango
  • 5 – The Signature on the Glass
  • 6 – The Rosary Pact
  • 7 – Red Like Sin

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  • 8 – The Rose of Scampia
    A nurse with a dark past finds refuge in a run-down hospital. When she treats the wounded son of the local boss, she’s claimed as “clan property.” But this rose still has thorns — and she knows how to use them.
  • 9 – The Oath Night
    A former carabiniere and the boss’s sister find themselves in the same room with a corpse between them and a vow to keep. They have six hours to decide: run, betray, or love each other till the end.
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Excerpt from the book

“There are no stars in Naples at night. Only broken street lamps and windows that shut too quickly.

I was there, leaning on the fourth-floor balcony, wearing a dress that smelled of sweat and whiskey, when the car arrived.

A dark sedan, slow as a promise...”

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Why read it

  • Because this is sex that doesn’t apologize.
  • Because every story is a punch to the chest and a bite to the skin.
  • Because no one gets out of this book alive. Not even you.
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“This isn’t a love story. It’s a sentence. And you’ll love it.”
— Steel Mind Books

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Extended Description

NOIR. EROTICISM. BETRAYAL. LOVE THAT HURTS.

Some nights smell like sex, blood, and rotten whiskey.

Some women undress with a gun in their garter.

Some men fuck you like it's the last thing they'll ever do.

And then there's you — unsure whether to read these pages or lick them.

Hearts of Asphalt is an erotic noir short story collection, illustrated in bold pulp comic style. Filthy like an alley at 3 a.m., beautiful like a kiss with the taste of revenge.

Inside you'll find women who command with a glance and break hearts with a blade. Mob bosses with guns in their drawers and urges they can't control. Hot betrayals, cold plans, and sex consumed between tears and lead.

Every story comes with exclusive black-and-white illustrations, Sin City style — where every curve is a sin, and every shadow hides a weapon.

Warning for the faint-hearted: This book isn’t gentle. It doesn’t make love — it fucks your soul. It doesn’t ask “may I?” — it just takes.

Contains rough sex, explicit language, and explosive twists.

This isn’t a love story. It’s a sentence. And you’ll love it.

Want to know what happens next? Want to see how far a woman can go when she’s lost everything — except desire?

Then buy it. Inside, you’ll find nine stories that are dirty, intense, and deadly.

Because in this book, no one survives. And maybe… neither will you.

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