Anna Rafferty left New York two years ago to find herself. Not because she was running. Not because she was afraid. But because somewhere between the violence, the secrets, and the trauma that changed her life, she'd lost herself. For two years, she built a life on her own terms. She traveled. She healed. She learned to preserve things most people considered beyond repair, restoring rare books and forgotten stories while trying not to think about her own. Because some trauma isn't dealt with. It's buried. Returning to New York was supposed to be simple. Be closer to her family. Purchase the rare bookstore she'd fallen in love with years ago. Continue building the future she'd fought so hard for. The only complication... Julian Mercer. The powerful, devastatingly handsome and infuriating Don of New York, a man she should stay far away from. A man her sister can't stand. A man she hasn't seen since the night she left the city. Unfortunately for her, Julian Mercer has never forgotten a debt or Anna. What starts as a favor quickly becomes stolen moments, lingering glances, and a connection neither of them seem capable of walking away from. The problem? Julian is a man built from secrets and Anna has spent the last two years burying her own. When a string of brutal murders rocks the city-random, violent, and seemingly unconnected-every road somehow leads back to one person. Anna. As detectives begin circling, asking questions she can't answer and digging for secrets she can't share, Anna finds herself caught between the life she's carefully built and a past determined to drag her back. And the closer the danger gets, the harder it becomes to ignore the man she's spent two years trying to forget. Because Julian Mercer has always been dangerous. The difference is that now Anna has something to lose. Not her safety. Not her freedom. But her heart.

In a moment everything can change. One fleeting moment can have a life time effect. How could I be so stupid? I ask myself that everyday. How could I be so incredibly stupid? One night. One night to be free to not always follow my family's rules. One fleeting moment is what it took to change everything. He was the enemy. I knew that. He wore rival colors. I knew that too. He was a cold blooded killer. I saw that first hand. He had no soul. He told me that. One night with him. One night to forget everything. One night with him changed everything. So again how could I be so stupid? Because of that one night, I know have more then just myself to think about. I know had a secret I had to hide from everyone. No one could know. Not my family Not even he could know. Should be easy right? Him being in a rival club and all. I'd never see him again. Oh boy was I wrong. A moment can change everything for a life time.

Devyn Blair is just one of the five Blair children, and she's a third of the Blair triplets. She's stubborn, hotheaded, and strong-willed. Raised by a former Marine for a dad and a cowgirl for a mom, she doesn't take anyone's shit and she's not afraid to tell anyone off. Enter her brother's best friend, Hayes Lawson. He's the bane of her existence, and he knows it, too. He torments her, picks on her, and occasionally calls her by his annoying nickname for her. He's the last person she'd be caught dead with. But everything changes after the night she showed up on his doorstep soaking wet, claiming she didn't know where else to go. Something happened, but she won't talk to anyone about it, not even her family, mainly because she can't remember what happened. Yet for some reason, she feels she can be vulnerable with Hayes, and that terrifies her. Will she remember everything that happened that night, and can she trust Hayes enough to open up about it? --- Was previously known as The Bad Boy & The Cowgirl! Has now gone through a rewrite with the new title.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧. Her ambition runs too thick and her patience stretches too thin. She disappears when the pressure builds, returns polished and untouchable, like she wasn't just clawing for air in the dark. She was only supposed to steal a few files-files she knows too well. Just enough to secure her place at the top. Instead, she captures the attention of a man who built his empire from ruin. A man who doesn't forgive betrayal. He wants control. He wants obsession. He wants to ruin her. And she might just ruin him right back.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥. At Blackwood Academy in Switzerland, legacy is earned long before graduation and perfection is expected long before arrival. She moves like she's untouchable. Popularity, attention, a boyfriend, everything exactly as it should be. But perfection comes with pressure. A life measured in expectations that never ease, only tighten. And some nights, an empty feeling hurts less than a full one. He's the new guy. Quiet. Broody. The kind of presence people feel before they see, and choose not to approach. Control is the only thing that ever made sense. Long before this place. Long before her. Then she starts appearing everywhere. Lecture halls. Corridors. The spaces he used to have to himself. Like chaos has decided to learn his rhythm. And for all his control, there are things he has never learned until her. Now the girl made for chaos might be the one thing capable of undoing everything he's built... or becoming the only thing he can't stop watching.

I have two rules for surviving college, Stay out of his way. Don't let him see you. But Massimo Bianchi doesn't follow rules-he makes them. The heir to the Bianchi Empire, a man with a dark past and a reputation that chills the blood, Massimo doesn't play nice. And for some reason, he's decided I'm his favourite game. He's ruthless, arrogant, and impossible to ignore, even if I try. I should stay away. I should hate him. But the more I try to escape him, the deeper he pulls me into his dangerous world. The more I hate him, the more he seduces me with his cold smile, his calculating gaze, and his twisted games. I'm not supposed to want him. I'm supposed to keep my distance, keep my secrets, keep my heart locked away. But when the devil himself comes knocking, there's no escape. Not from him. Not from the desire that burns through my every nerve. And the worst part? I think he knows it.

One lesson I learned very early in life was to be cheerful, to be agreeable, to do as I was told and ask for nothing, and to never ever complain. Smile Maddie. Be happy Maddie. Don't make trouble and maybe they'll love you. I grew into an adult who took care of others and never expected that those I loved would take care of me in return. I gave and never asked, never expected, never demanded. Smile Maddie. Be happy Maddie. Don't make trouble and you'll find someone that will love you. And then one day, a Dragon walked into my workplace and turned my world upside down with a single wink. Having grown up watching his father treat his men like they were disposable, just meat bags to be fed into the grinder, Dragon was determined to be different when he became president of the Dragon's Inferno MC. He cares about his people. He takes care of them. He was upfront with me, taking care of his MC and those he considered to be his would always be his priority. And I agreed to that, I joined him in that mission, throwing myself into becoming the perfect old lady of the prez. Smile Maddie. Act happy Maddie. Take care of them and maybe they'll love you. Smile Maddie. Be happy Maddie. Don't complain and maybe he'll love you. I told myself I was independent. I was strong. And I didn't need my Dragon to take care of me. And I almost believed it. Almost. But now I'm watching him with her. I'm watching him comfort her. I'm watching him listen to her, support her, reassure her. I'm watching him take time from his day to check in with her. I'm watching him worry about her. I'm watching them become closer right in front of my eyes. I'm seeing every thoughtful gesture he does for her. And me? I'm not happy. I'm not smiling. I'm done being agreeable. Fuck not causing trouble. I'm about to set my Dragon's world on fire. And then I'm walking away. She can have him. For the first time in my life, I'm choosing myself.

She's light in their darkness. Wildflowers among wolves. And they'll burn the world before they let her slip away.

Anna Deluca's life is forever changed when her ruthless father offers her hand in marriage to Nikolai Morozov, a notorious and deadly man known as the devil of the criminal underworld. Nikolai's name strikes terror in the hearts of all who hear it; his reputation as a merciless killer, a boogeyman who leaves a trail of blood in his wake, is unmatched. For Anna, the marriage is a trap-a pawn to secure a truce between him and the devil of a man. As Anna is thrust into the world of brutality, manipulation, and fear, she begins to see another side of Nikolai-one that reveals the cracks beneath his hardened exterior. He is not merely the devil everyone believes him to be. Behind the cruelty lies a man who, despite his violent ways, secretly longs for something more-love, connection, and humanity. Bound by duty, Anna struggles with her growing attraction to the man who holds her fate in his hands. As their tumultuous relationship unfolds, Anna starts to see the tortured soul beneath the monster, and Nikolai finds himself torn between the darkness that has defined him and the possibility of redemption through the woman he was never meant to love. In a world where power is everything and love is a luxury few can afford, can Anna and Nikolai find a way to build something real, or will their bond be torn apart by the bloodshed and violence that surrounds them? A story of love, control, and the blurred lines between light and dark, where even the most feared man may crave the one thing he has always been denied-humanity. * "I will own you, Annalise." He leaned down, lips brushing the shell of my ear, his voice a dangerous whisper. "But I will not take what will one day be mine without question." My breath caught, my stomach twisting in knots. "I will wait," he murmured. "Because one day, you will beg me to ruin you."