I was born to inherit the family business. Father braided darkness into my soul before I spoke my first word. Adalina Martinelli is collateral. At first, I take her because her father is in debt to mine. But after one night together, she becomes my prisoner. Locked in a gilded cage, I set forth to transform her. Father wants me to marry, and I've found the perfect wife. She may be younger than me... She may be the daughter of our enemies... She may need stern convincing... But I will bend and break her until she agrees to my twisted guarantee of safety. Tropes: Age Gap, Captive Heroine, ...

Marked by vengeance, branded as mine—Lucia Terlizzi will be the key to my revenge. Dante Terlizzi has to pay. Two years ago, he broke his betrothal to my sister. Two months ago, his brother stole the bride meant for my best hitman. There’s an unwritten rule about family members and children… But f*ck the rules. Lucia is the baby of the Terlizzi family. Now I’m going to put my baby in her. We’ll see how Dante likes it when I take what’s his. I’ll dress his pretty little sister in the finest clothes. I’ll shower her in diamonds and jewels. I’ll make Dante regret ever double ...

I don’t want a wife. But in the mafia, marriage isn’t about love—it’s about power. When the Family demands I marry Giovanni Lucatello’s sheltered daughter, I drown my frustration in whiskey and meet a woman who’s everything I shouldn’t want: bold, sharp-tongued, and tempting as sin. One night with her is unforgettable. But by the next morning, she’s gone. Or so I thought. When I walk into my engagement meeting, I see her sitting there, looking like innocence itself. Gianna Lucatello. The woman I’m bound to marry. I’ll make her regret what her father did to me. I’ll ...

I was my father’s prized possession, sheltered and obedient. But when he promised me to Viktor Sokolov—a man fifteen years my senior and as feared as he was respected—my life became a dark gamble. Viktor was ruthless, a cold enforcer with a history drenched in blood and betrayal. His eyes burned with unspoken torment, and his touch was both a promise of pain and pleasure. I was thrust into a marriage that bound me not just to a man but to a world where trust was scarce, and survival meant playing by brutal rules. He said I was his, that there was no escape. I fought him at every turn,...

Getting ripped away from my bleak life wasn’t part of the plan. Caring for my alcoholic father, working dead-end shifts, and just scraping by—this was my reality. Until I was thrust into a nightmare: auctioned off to the highest bidder. That’s how I ended up with them. Maxim and Damyan Antonov. Stepbrothers. Twice my age. Feared Bratva bosses with an empire built on power and blood. I expected cruelty, control, and danger. What I didn’t expect was their protectiveness. Their desire to shield me, to draw me into their dark world—and their even darker hearts. Beneath their ruthless ...

Meet Asher Kane -- my protector, my haven...my greatest mistake My father’s debts have put me in the crosshairs of the mafia’s deadliest enforcers. When they can’t collect from him, they come for me. Now, I’m marked for death unless I do their bidding. I’m trapped. Desperate. Royally screwed. But then, I felt him. Not saw. Not heard. Felt. A slow, deliberate presence. Predatory. Controlled. Dangerous. “You’re playing a reckless game, Ms. James.” That voice—deep, smooth, and utterly unshakable—sent a shiver down my spine. It belonged to a man who’d never known fear. A ...

Sometimes, the wrong brother leads you to the right one. OLIVIA I said, "I love you,” and I thought I meant it. I was one day from walking down the aisle with him. Now I’m being torn apart because of it. My fiancé’s betrayal shattered my world and my trust. Nate is his older brother, my unexpected savior. He pieced me back together when I was broken. Now I'm caught between my past and my future, between loyalty and desire. Can one forbidden night make all the difference in the world? NATE I'm in love with a woman. She was meant to be my sister-in-law. Now she might be my everything. ...

Club Enforcer Troy DeLance is hellbent on revenge—eye-for-an-eye and all that—so he kidnaps his prospect's sister as payback for a betrayal. If he has to tie Stacey Martin to his bed to make sure she stays, so be it. All the better if she likes it. Stacey will do anything to save her brother. Even if it means surrendering in ways she never imagined to her beastly kidnapper. But as their relationship heats up, neither realizes that someone else is plotting a far more deadly payback . . .

Savva is a filthy bratva beast, as cruel as he is charming and as brutal as he is gorgeous. When I took over my late father's biker bar, I also took over the payments he was making to Savva, the leader of a powerful mafia family operating on the edge of Las Vegas. But Savva couldn't be satisfied with money alone. He wanted more. He spilled into my life like a dark, inescapable shadow, stealing my dignity and drowning me in his sin. But his twisted promises and dark desires aren't enough to convince me to fall for him. Neither are his whiskey kisses and his iron abs.

He locks me in his house, forces me to marry him, and impregnates me. I don’t need him to save me, but he says it’s for my own good. I’m his hostage, trapped in the confines of his house. I’m his forced bride, my belly growing with his baby. I’m not a docile damsel. I’m strong and independent. But he makes me a pawn in his Bratva games. He makes me a caged animal in his mind control scheme. I’m nothing but a prisoner, a Bratva bride without power. But the worst of it all is that my body is betraying me. It wants to be powerless, so that he can control it. It wants to be toyed ...

A prairie dream is upended when two women arrive to marry the same man. Percy Sutton, with the steadfast heart of a prairie pioneer, has ventured beyond his family's homestead to forge his own legacy as the proprietor of the town's hardware store. His aspirations reach beyond the shelves and counters, seeking a partnership that resonates with the depth of his ambition and the warmth of his care. Percy imagines a life rich with shared purpose and intertwined dreams, where the love for his partner is as sturdy and enduring as the land he's left behind. Clara Lundquist arrives with a heart ...

She thinks she’s playing him. He knows he’s playing her. Lea Song is fresh out of journalism school, ambitious, and driven by a single goal: destroy Nico Varela, the enigmatic seasoned mafia mediator she blames for her father’s ruin. She’s maneuvering her way into his world, convinced she can expose his secrets while guarding her own. Nico Varela, Chicago’s ruthless “Diplomat,” operates in shadows she can’t comprehend. He sees through Lea’s attempts at manipulation. Intrigued by the unexpected challenge she represents, he grants her access, pulling her into his orbit as a ...

The Rossi men never learned right from wrong. Good from bad. Or how to love anything but building their empire on the Chicago streets. When their father forces them into arranged marriages to strengthen the ties of their crime family, they can’t guess what comes next. But all five brothers know one thing. Nobody will touch what belongs to them, and that includes the women they claim.

There is no escape. He forces her to marry him, branding her as his property. She throws the ring in his face—he has a tattooed wedding band etched into her skin. Every protest, every tear, is swallowed by his need to possess her. She is his in every way that matters—and when she dares to look at another man, he kills without hesitation. No one touches her. No one looks at her. No one speaks to her unless he allows it. Warning: This is a dark romance that explores intense themes of obsession, possessiveness, and control. For mature readers only. Note: This book ends in a cliffhanger. ...

I go into billionaire Jax Vaughn’s office looking for a job. When I come out, it’s with an indecent proposal. Jax Not everybody has a price. But everybody has a weakness, and I’ll find Adalia Ross’s if it’s the last thing I do. The little angel refused my proposition, but we both know, it’s only a matter of time until I’ll have my twisted way with her. From the moment I saw her, desire raged through me, making me rock hard. It’s been a long time since a woman had this effect on me. This little angel opened up Pandora’s box, and there’s no closing down that lid again. ...