Carina Romanov is a 27 year old business woman. Her Russian parents, Boris and Nadia Romanov, adopted her when she was 5 from an orphanage in New York. Ever since then she has called Brighton Beach her home. She had seen and heard many things through the years but what made Carina a favorite was the fact that she was loyal and trustworthy. She never revealed any of what she'd been privy to. When her parents decided to retire she took over Romanov's, their restaurant, remodeled it and made it an even more popular spot among the locals, especially anyone in organized crime. When Carina was 10 her mother told her that she would be betrothed to someone in Russia. Dimitri Alexandrov. Their families had been connected for many years and because Carina had been in this type of life for years it was not a shock to her. For 17 years she would get letters, phone calls and sometimes packages from Dimitri but she'd never met the man. She was always told that one day he would just show up and her new life would begin...but until then she would have to settle for images that the sound of his voice would invoke, learn to trust him to keep her safe and forgive those closest to her for keeping her in the dark regarding her adoption. She would soon be in danger from things she didn't even know about, from people she didn't even know and a biological father who wanted her dead. *All characters are purely fictional.

Dominic Valentine (pronounced Valen-teen) Giossi was the head of a very powerful Italian crime syndicate based in Little Italy...New York. At 30 years old he'd gained the respect of the family heads as well as the Russians and Greeks. He was fair but ruthless in his business dealings; he demanded loyalty from those that worked for him. It didn't matter if you were house staff all the way up to his second; you didn't go against the famiglia. His father passed away when he was 20 and all the biological family he had left was his mother, Valentina Giossi. She was a good, caring mother and she understood the business enough not to interfere but she also wanted Dominic to settle down with a good girl. This is the story of when fates collide and do you fight it or ride it out to see where it takes you? And would she be the 'more' that he was so desperately looking for? THIS STORY CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT, LANGUAGE AND VIOLENCE. 18+ READERS ONLY. The character names and a lot of the places are fictional and any likeness they represent is purely coincidental.

First Story ~~~~~~~~~ Shea Lockman was in no need for a boyfriend. She had just ended a longtime relationship with her boyfriend Sean. With Sean getting married Shea struggled to find a replacement. Ethan has been "Ms. Lockman's" assistant for a year. He's determined to show her that he isn't a kid, and he wants to be her lover. Can Ethan really show Shea that he's more than what he looks?

Zara has always been headstrong and determined to do exactly what she wants. What happens when she meets a man just as determined to get what he wants, when what he wants is her?

Alexander Ferguson is a wealthy businessman, but unfortunately for him he was arranged to marry Georgia Wood, who is known for always being stuck up and rude to everyone and despite that she was a woman who always got what she wanted and she wants him. Erica Price, she had fallen for Alexander when she was younger, they had grown up next door to each other but he had never noticed her, or so she thought. Then there was that one night that changed everything, a night that led Erica to become pregnant with his baby, well babies. The only problem was he didn't know anything about them and they haven't seen each other in nearly ten years and now he is back for his wedding. How is he going to react to the news? Will Erica keep him from finding out the truth? Does she still have feelings for him? Does he have feelings for her?

Jason Parker, the older brother of Chloe Parker, thought he had hit the jackpot when he became engaged to Charlotte Simpson. She was beautiful, exciting and like nothing he had ever experienced before. But, as the saying goes, looks can be deceiving. When things go south for their relationship, he finds solace in the arms of another woman. If Jason wants his happily ever after, then he's going to have to fight for it. And he's going to have to fight hard. HIGHEST RANKING: #111 general fiction {18/01/2015} {unedited}{complete}

Paige Chadwick has made a success of her life. Everything was in its place, just the way she wanted it. She was at the top of her profession. She was able to stay loyal to her ageing aunt who suffered from dementia by keeping her at home with her. She could look after her sister, financially. Paige felt proud of everything she had accomplished. Her love life was none existent. She didn't need a man in her life for anything. She was very self reliant. Yes, everything was neatly in order until the day she told her boss that she quit! From that moment her world turned upside down and everything fell out of place. Unaccustomed to women giving him the cold shoulder, sexy Media Mogul, Blake Deveraux, regarded his head of Media, Paige Chadwick as a beautiful enigma. Her fiery temper and hostile standoffishness ignited in him a desire to discover the real Paige Chadwick and the reasons why she felt the need to keep men at arm's length. Blake thrived on taking on challenges and winning, but for the first time, he was unsure of what the outcome of this particular challenge was going to be, especially since, unbeknown to her, he and Miss Chadwick shared a past.

Ashton Miller was the richest, most powerful and sexiest man alive. Being a multimillionaire, he had everything he could have ever wanted; girls, cars, and so much money he didn't know what to do with. As the biggest playboy in New York, Ashton jumps from girl to girl breaking their hearts as he went along. He didn't care about anything other than his company and himself. Layla Kingston. Layla was NOT rich, actually Layla was basically broke. She worked as a waitress. She didn't have guys all over her, in fact she's only had one boyfriend and that didn't turn out well. Layla didn't have it all, in fact she's had a very hard life, and just when she thinks her life is finally starting to turn over it turns out way different than she thought. A story about two wounded polar opposites crossing paths. ****************************************************************************************************** Warning! There is some swearing and 1-2 dirty scenes so if you don't like that or are too young I'm not responsible :) Thank you @babedirectionerxx for helping me edit!! Highest Rank: # 1

[BEING PUBLISHED -- sample and more info inside] One girl. One camp for delinquents. One hell of a summer. Falice Winters has always been the goody-two shoes. Her twin Arabelle . . . not so much. So what happens when their dad plans to ship Arabelle off to a camp to clean up her act? Well, naturally, Arabelle would find a way out. Her solution? Falice! It was a simple plan: Falice would pretend to be Arabelle and go to the delinquent camp while Arabelle got to have the time of her life with her boyfriend in London. Falice thought her summer was going to consist of sitting on the couch reading novels all day or hanging out with her friends. Never did it cross her mind that she would be pretending to be her sister in a camp of delinquents. But now she's stuck at a camp all summer where being rude is the new "in." And everything turns for the worse when someone figures out her secret. Will Falice survive the summer? Or will everyone learn that she's faking delinquency?