★ NOW PUBLISHED! ★ Hookup Culture Noun The idea that casual sexual encounters are the best or only way to engage sexually in college, a set of practices that facilitate casual sexual encounters, and an organizational structure that supports them (Lisa Wade, American Hookup 2017). As a sociology major researching nightclubs, Laney Emerson finds hookup culture to be just another socially constructed phenomenon that is worth questioning, analyzing, and concluding about. As a twenty-something college student, Laney also finds herself immersed in the culture of hooking up, in which physically getting naked is often easier than admitting how you feel. © 2020 ℓαℓαℓαℓαwriting |ORIGINALLY A Short Story One-Shot (Walk of Shame) that received an HONORABLE MENTION in Romance Contest #12: Songspiration| *This story contains explicit language and implied sexual content*

"First things first, learn how to loosen up. If you really want to learn, you can't be so uptight." He said as he circled around me. "It's just weird, I'm not used to it." I said shyly. He stopped, standing in front of me. He sighed. "Look Gracie, I'm not saying you should be totally open and comfortable with this, but I'm saying, if you want to learn, you're going to have to learn to trust me. Do you trust me?" I hesitated, then nodded lightly. "Good." He said with a small smirk. "Now lesson one," he started to circle me again, "You're going to learn how to kiss." (cover by: BeautyDoesntWither)

ARRANGED MARRIAGE MAFIA ROMANCE║ Luciano's arm shot out, caging her. "So you will be the loving wife I was promised?" "Always," Nina replied, and by force of habit, her lips pulled into a sugar-sweet smile. * * * As the daughter of the New Orleans Family's underboss, Nina Sciacca has to live up to the high expectations of her family. When The Chicago Outfit proposes a truce between the two families, the New Orleans Family eagerly agrees. Being born in the high society of the mafia world, Nina fits the prestige to marry the future Don of The Chicago Outfit. Luciano Gallucci is known for being a family man for horrid reasons. When the red string of fate has been placed upon Luciano and Nina, he has to find the right balance between his duty toward The Outfit and his new wife. Despite her circumstances, Nina is determined to make her marriage with Luciano work. COMPLETED [Word count: 60,000] * * * Copyright © 2025 Serafina Remondo All rights reserved.

Prequel to The Don's Trust | A tale in which a Sicilian immigrant family find themselves going down an unredeemable path. Vito Grimaldi, an eighteen-year-old student, saw his family through rose-coloured glasses. The image got quickly shattered after he learns of his father's secrets; his entanglement with the mafia and his illicit affair. Enzo Grimaldi, a twenty-one-year-old, tries his hand at doing no-so-honest work to quickly pay off his father's loan. Soon enough, he gets sucked into the wonders of the mob life and tries to hide it from his family and Camila, the love of his life, as he is afraid they will reject him. * * * Copyright © 2020 Serafina Remondo All rights reserved.

With no family left, Valentina Armani moves in with the Don of the Grimaldi mafia because of a promise her brother made to him. Slowly but surely, Valentina begins to long for the man she lives with. Her plans, however, get disrupted by Philip Coleman, a detective who is determined to put the leader of the criminal organization behind bars. Soon enough, the trust Vito put in Valentina gets crushed and he wasn't one to deal well with any kind of betrayal. Vito Grimaldi is a closed-off man who doesn't appreciate prying eyes. While he isn't rude, he can't be called a gentleman either. The more time passes, the less restraint he has to ignore Valentina's beauty. He wants to make her his. The Don's Trust is the second book from the Grimaldi series. This book can be read as a standalone. -------------------------------------------- Warning: The Don's Trust has not been edited, yet. The story is only to be read by those above the age of 18. It's rated mature for a reason. Don't read it if you don't want to be spoiled for The Grimaldis' downfall. * * * Copyright © 2020 Serafina Remondo All rights reserved. Disclaimer: The picture used for this book is not mine. All the credit goes to the rightful owner.

Ella Mathews has started a brand new life with her son Grayson . She's had everything she's ever wanted except one thing . Ashton.

#1 on mafia |12/4/19| #1 on sad |26/4/19| Ashton is next in line to become the Mafia Boss . Ella is a girl who is abused and struggling at home . What happens when two broken souls meet , will they destroy or complete eachother.

Wattpad Editors' Choice, Winner of the 2020 Fiction Awards (for Best Plot Twist) and 2020 Mafia Romance of the Year. A chance encounter with an enigmatic Russian oligarch turns a young woman into the target of a criminal empire. Caught in a web of deceit, greed, and betrayal that stretches from the depths of Russia's gangland to the Kremlin's gilded halls, she is forced to forge a perilous alliance with an unlikely protector. From London to Moscow, this thrilling, sensual, and richly textured story transports the reader to the heart of a mafia empire - perfect for fans of dark romance and spine-tingling suspense. Originally published under the title "Russian Gambit". Genres: spy fiction | espionage thriller | political thriller | spy thriller | mafia romance | mafia thriller | romantic suspense | mystery Featured on: Wattpad Picks / Wattpad Editors' Choice Wattpad General Fiction @generalfiction Wattpad Dangerous Love @dangerouslove Wattpad Action @action Wattpad Ambassadors UK @AmbassadorsUK Wattpad Romance @Romance Wattpad Psychological Novel @PsychologicalNovel Mafia Community @MafiaCommunity Mafia Book Picks Mafia Community @MafiaCommunity Mafia Book of the Year Awards: Fiction Award for Best Plot Twist Mafia Community " Mafia Book of the Year " award

Alina started off her sophomore year in high school as the new girl and she fell in love with the bad boy living next door. Now she's going to start her junior year of high school pregnant while her bad boy boyfriend is in jail. This is book #2 from The New Girl. Started writing: 2019 Finished writing: 2019

This book has been expanded, edited, and published by Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books. Book 2 of a new series featuring After worldwide fan-favorite Landon Gibson as he leaves Washington to navigate love and life in New York City. Available wherever books are sold <3