tw's: descriptions of r*pe, eating disorders, panic attacks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I had to flee. To escape. I couldn't take the pain of people telling me to be okay. That I was a survivor. But what about me being a victim? All because a few people refused to hear me when I said no. Now I carry around pain, fear, a disgusting feeling that is also there. Behind me. In the shadows. But maybe he'll be the light. ------------------------- This is a hockey player x gymnast college romance. A sunshine x grumpy, little forced proximity, he hangs the stars for her romance book where he would do anything to make her feel safe again

Caught off guard by her father's sudden announcement, Rhythm finds herself thrust into a whirlwind of uncertainty. As they journey to Mumbai, she grapples with the echoes of past betrayals, wounds still raw from the unfaithfulness of those she once held dear. Amidst the glittering facade of the party lies a web of deceit, woven with the threads of her father's political ambitions. In the heart of the bustling city, Rhythm's world is turned upside down as she confronts the greatest betrayal of her life. But amidst the chaos and turmoil, a flicker of hope remains-a chance encounter with a stranger who ignites a spark of curiosity within her. As they navigate the maze of their arranged union, Rhythm discovers a strength she never knew she possessed, fueled by the fire of determination to reclaim her destiny. With each step forward, she unravels the layers of her past, confronting demons long buried in the depths of her soul. Will she succumb to the weight of betrayal, or will she rise above the ashes to forge a new path, guided by the beacon of love and redemption? Join Rhythm on a journey of self-discovery and resilience as she navigates the treacherous waters of deceit and desire, where the bonds of family and the power of love collide in unexpected ways. Arranged marriage x Marriage of convenience Strangers x Enemies to lovers Age gap(22x29) Billionaire Romance Grumpy x Grumpy protector Half British-Half Indian MMC x Indian FMC Slow burn ⚠TRIGGER WARNING ⚠ Depression, Anxiety attacks, panic attacks, migraine attacks, Suicidal topics, mental & financial abuse, starving oneself.

Part of the 'The Cost of Blood' Collection. This can be read as a stand-alone - - - "I do not love you and I don't want you anywhere near me. You are merely a business deal that will make me and my mafia more powerful" Vincenzo scorns as he roughly grips my chin so I can't look away from him. "I understand" I whisper gently as I stare into his cold, brown eyes. - - - Alexandria Rayne Castillo, the daughter of the Italian don and a medical student in America, would do anything for her family even if that means giving up everything. Vincenzo Lombardo is the new don of the Sicilian Mafia, after he watched his mother die all he cares about is his mafia and how he could improve it. He is known as vicious and destructive. What will happen when Vincenzo father arranges a marriage between the two?

Book Cover Credit- @badbitty10 Book one to the Romano's Crime Organization Series. (18+) In which a rookie detective, Diamond Lee, ends up in the wrong location at the wrong time and is captured by one of Don Romano, the most powerful and merciless don according to the other seven Sicilian-American criminal familia(s), associates. She is brought to Don Romano by his associate, but things swiftly devolve as he attempts to protect her from the men of several crime organizations who are seeking to harm her. For Detective Lee, the reason remains unsolved to why he spared her life. Their difficult bond begins to shift as Mister Romano desired more than just information from her, resulting in a tangled love affair. His regret intensifies as he learns she is beginning to affect his emotions and his way of working in crime. --- "I kill those who deserve to be killed, doll," ---

We got in to a dark room and headed to what I assume is the bathroom. When we got to the bathroom I took a look at me and I was covered in blood, I took my dress of but the blood was still there and so was it on Grey. We both hoped in the shower, instantly the warm water hitting my body, I just washed my face leaving all the blood drip down our bodies. "You know how fuck able you look right now" he said, I smirked and said. "No I don't show me" his hand wrapped around my throat, he squeezed it and kissed me hungry and fast. _________________ The story of Arlena Esposito and Emiliano D 'Angelo. It's really not that complicated, she is the first female leader of a Mafia, to the first mafia in the world may I ad. (Albanian Mafia) She doesn't need anyone, well that's what she thought at first. Until she meet him. He was the Italian Mafia leader, he had a cold heart except for her. They didn't fight a lot but she made it almost impossible to not to, she only kept pushing him away. Until...

"You're atheist," I remind him. "You don't believe in god." "I believe in you," He murmurs, letting the cigarette hang from his lips. "I believe in whatever you believe." He says, letting the confession roll off his tongue as if it were that simple. As if god, the devil, heaven, hell-as if none of it really had meaning to him. "That's not how it works," I mutter as we walk down a few more alleyways-the city of Manhattan coated in a light blanket of snow. Henry Vitiello had never had anything to pray for, that is, until he met me-the only thing that had ever opened his mind up to the possibility of religion "Isn't it?" He argues, taking the cigarette by his middle and pointer finger before blowing the smoke out. "I'II dip my hands in holy water if it means I could touch you." "You'd probably burn." 𓆩♡𓆪 𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐘 𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎, the reaper. He's a prick. An asshole. A pretentious son of a bitch. He's not perfect. He's not even decent. But he's hers. She could be a bottle labeled poison but he was an alcoholic, and he had drunk her empty. Now he was hungover. 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒, the healer. She's known to be the perfect good girl, with perfect grades and a perfect life with a perfect family. They didn't know that behind the gated doors of their billion dollar estate, she was strapped down to a chair every night and picked apart just to be put back together in time for supper. 𓆩♡𓆪 star-crossed; adjective (of a person or a plan) thwarted by bad luck. 'star-crossed lovers' and that, they were. So they fucked under those very stars that tried so desperately to break them apart. 𓆩♡𓆪 ‼️DISCLAIMER ‼️ BOOK REFERENCES TO MARA DYER, SHATTER ME, MIND FUCK, ETC ARE ALL INTENTIONAL SO DONT BE RUDE. AS FOR TRIGGER WARN

Arianna (Arie) Moretti was a precocious child. Bright and bold and beautiful. She had always been strong willed with a fiery personality and never gave 0 fucks when it came to people with authority. Disowned by her father Antonio Moretti, Capo of the Italian mafia for defending her little sister from a sinister attack. She is sent to live with her Aunt & Uncle in Italy. As Arie grew up she thought she was out of the Mafia lifestyle for good. Even if she herself walks on the dark side. But all that changes at a surprise family reunion. Roman Romanov is one of the most feared, ruthless and dangerous Pakhan's ever known in the Russian Bratva. Blood and death lurk beneath his immaculate suits and cunning, cold eyes. To the outside world Roman is known as a sexy tycoon, a arrogant womaniser and number one bachelor that every woman wants a piece of. But to the underground crime world he is the king, a god, a barbaric beast. Roman never thought much about marriage and he certainly never thought he would get engaged twice and to a secret Mafia princess nobody knew about and who happens to be as stubborn and foul mouthed as he is. If 2 predators fall in love. Who becomes their prey? 🖤🚫THIS IS A DARK MAFIA ROMANCE🚫🖤 ⚠️CONTAINS GRAPIC VIOLENCE⚠️ ⚠️SEXUAL CONTENT⚠️ 🔞 OVER 18s ONLY 🔞

𝘔𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, '𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨' 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘏𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘋'𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘰, 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘴'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢, 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 - 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭. . . . . . . . . . . Living in The Colony was all Josie knew. To the outside world it was a cult of brainwashed victims all under the spell of Kade Rogers, but to her it was home. That was up until a series of events that led up to her escape. If only fate wasn't so cruel as to lead her away from one monster and put her directly into the hands of another. Now, with a new sense of determination, Josie explores the world outside of The Colony and learns the hard way that trust is a dangerous weapon of destruction. Trying to lead a normal life starting college proves to be impossible after meeting Nico Blaine. He was everything she was suppose to stay away from. But when Josie lay's eyes on the tattooed beauty, she can't help it. What starts out as a innocent infatuation turns into a twisted tale of betrayal. .. . . . . . . . . . - Dark romance - Explicit sexual content - Mature themes - Criminal - Villain - Anti-hero #1 goodgirlxbadboy #1 darklove

He's watching me sleep, I can feel it. He has been sending me letters with roses or lilies. He is my stalker She's an addiction, she's like a hobby for me She's mine WARNINGS