'If we pretend to be a couple, I might make you mine for real.' When sweet Samantha fakes a relationship with her sarcastic roommate, she never suspects that he might not be pretending at all. 21-year-old Samantha is a broke influencer struggling with insecure thoughts. No one knows that behind her bubbly smile, she numbs her self-doubts with substance abuse and online likes. But a steamy encounter with a witty bartender starts a chemistry too strong to ignore. And when circumstances force them to live under the same roof, resisting each other is painfully impossible. The only way out? Fake an online relationship and make more money to get the hell out. The only problem? While she promises herself not to fall in love, he does everything to change her mind.

#Book 1 in the TAINTED Series. A devil falling in love with another devil. "I guess you are planning to kill me" I said smirking, but his devilish smile made my smirk fell. "I don't kill woman like you" he leans down to my ears making my heart skipped a beat "I fuck woman like you" he said kissing my ears and my eyes widened. "Don't touch me Mr. Davide the consequences will not be good" I warned glaring at him but the bastard have the audacity to smirk. "I guess I have to bear the consequences because I can't control myself from touching you" _________ A Story of Italy's most dangerous mafia men and women falling in love. DAVIDE RUSSO, Italy's top mafia leader and a businessman. He is a devil who hunt his prey, they can never run from the devil. LUCIA BIANCO, the dream and want of every man in the mafia. Whereas her name meaning is light and hope, but her life is filled with darkness, and she is hopeless. What will happen when two corrupted souls will fell in love? They've seen hell and now hell lives in them.

Eighteen-year-old Lara spent her teenage years hating Noah - the ex-SAS assassin that her father hired for protection. A rough, aggressive and overprotective presence like Noah's is the last thing a girl needs whilst trying to sneak out to clubs and frat parties. So to Lara, Noah was no more than an obstacle blocking these teenage dreams, and to him, she was nothing more than an inconvenience. But when her world flips upside down and she's left with no one to trust but him, Lara's feelings towards Noah begin to shift. How will their forced proximity reshape their relationship, and how far will Noah's loyalty to her father bend under the temptation of this eighteen-year-old girl now thrust into his care? ⚠️ Contains explicit details of adult themes and a significant age gap (18-32) ⚠️

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐲. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥, 𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭. ◇─◇──◇─◇ In the unforgiving underworld of organized crime, Isabella's innocence is shattered when her father's past catches up with him, leading to his brutal murder at the hands of a vengeful Mafia Don. Yet, instead of meeting the same fate, she finds herself entangled in a web of darkness, where innocence becomes a distant memory and survival means embracing the very brutality that once stole her innocence. As their paths converge, the lines between victim and villain blur, revealing the harrowing truth that sometimes, the greatest monsters are born from the ashes of innocence. And if Isabella was a monster, Aleksander was even more dreadful than her. ◇─◇──◇─◇ - Dark Romance - Mafia story - Explicit sexual content - Mental health issues - Violence, blood and death - Age gap ◇─◇──◇─◇ Previous rankings: #1 for olderman

"Please I need to leave." I said my eyes watering as I stared into his cold eyes. "You arent fucking leaving this house Lia." He said before leaving me handcuffed to the bed. ♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡ ✦ "𝐀 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝." ✦ ♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡ ⋆. 𐙚˚࿔ Bodyguards Obsession 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ I slowly pushed myself upright in the bed, my breath catching as I looked at him. He stood by the window, his back to me, staring outside. "Did you think I wouldn't fucking find out?" he said, his voice low and rough, yet unnervingly calm. Fear curled through me. My hands tightened around the blanket as I fought to keep from shaking in fear. He knows... "That you're fucking pregnant." His voice rose slightly as he turned to face me, his dark eyes locking onto mine. The look in them made my stomach twist. I knew then that whatever he had planned for me, wasn't going to end well. ♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡ Lia is a girl who tries her hardest not to fall apart when being hurt wherever she goes. A girl who once loved now was broken deep inside. She stays strong and only lives for one sole reason which is her child. ♡♡♡ Elijah is unhealthily obsessed with Lia the second he saw her and decided to make her his in the worst way possible, regardless of knowing hes the reason shes broken. Will he end up having lia by his side in the end? ♡♡♡ Killian didnt know as soon as he met the girl who his enemy wanted him to protect would be the same girl he'd be dangerously obsessed with at first sight. Protecting her became destroying anyone who hurt or touched her.

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐨, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐝. I'm in love with him but he's in love with my younger sister and has made that painfully clear to me. "Who are you in love with?" I ask softly, my voice barely above a whisper. "I'm in love with Isabella, your sister. She's the only woman I truly care about," he admits, revealing his feelings for my younger sister after we had just gotten married, it hasn't even been twenty-four hours. "I'll fulfill my role as your husband, but don't expect any love or affection. This marriage is just an agreement between our families, nothing more. Do you understand?" His words are cold, piercing through me like arrows. I fight back the tears threatening to fall and manage to reply, "I understand." But my pain would not last long, not until I meet Mr. Russo, Marcello's father who was that head of the Mafia, a dangerous and powerful man who stole my heart.

Anastasia Ivanov inherits her father's mafia after his death, but also acquires his past enemies as well. Her father was not a good man and that left her with many debts to pay and people to kill. Alessandro De Luca is the coldest, most feared man to ever live and doesn't let shit slide. A lot of money is owed to him from Russia and he is beyond pissed. How will he react when the he finds out the leader of the Russian Mafia is already dead? Or that there is a new leader and she's ruthless as fuck. ---------- "Who the fuck are you?" I said in a low voice. She looks at me with her grey eyes, intently and long. "Don't fucking worry about it."

Looking straight in my eyes he said "I didn't like the way he was staring at you." I bit my lips "And how was he staring at me?" Leaning towards me he replied "Like he wanted to fuck you. I won't allow anyone looking at my wife in such a way. You are mine and fucking you is mine and only mine to do." For the first time I felt it... I felt that I belong to him. I am his. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Rafael Martinez || Hazel Cameron Two totally different people... complete opposite to each other. She is selfless. He is selfish. A marriage deal, she agreed because she loved her brother and he signed because he wanted revenge from the person who killed the girl he once loved. There is no love in this marriage, he was forced on her but she accepted him. She was his only way to get revenge.

Isabella Bianchi used to be all sunlight and laughter-until the day she vanished. Now 21, she is a shadow of the girl she once was. A selective mute with a deadly reputation, Isa speaks with her silence and fights like her mother taught her: without mercy. But beneath the calm exterior still burns the ghost of who she used to be-buried deep, locked away, and guarded by the one person who never stopped seeing her. Luca Hernandez has loved Isa since he was thirteen. She's his best friend, his soft spot, his greatest heartbreak. They've shared secrets, scars, even stolen moments that meant everything... but were always brushed aside And now, when girls across the globe begin disappearing, Isa steps into the darkness again-alone, determined to save the innocent and punish the guilty. But Luca's past isn't done with him either. When an old enemy resurfaces with dangerous intent, Isa becomes the perfect leverage. And suddenly, the silence between them might just be the deadliest thing of all. Torn between vengeance and vulnerability, Isa and Luca will have to face the truth: Love won't save them. But it might be the only thing worth surviving for.

Emilia Morales is taken in by the Russian Mafia leader at 16 after her father tries to kill her. For the next 7 years she takes on a new identity, Viola Hart. During these years she creates a name for herself and becomes infamous in the Mafia world. The only thing fuelling her is the thought of taking down her father and becoming the leader of the Spanish Mafia instead of him. She wants revenge and nothing will stop her. Sebastian Bianchi is the leader of the Italian Mafia. He is cold hearted and ruthless. At 22 years old he has made the world fear him greatly. This man is someone to never take no for an answer. Allied with the Spanish the two Mafia's continue to rise together and demolish those who make an attempt on either of them. What happens when Viola decides it is time for her revenge? What happens when two childhood friends meet once again, but one has changed their entire identity? Will two once friends now turned enemies confine in each other?