She was the secret he married. The wife he ignored. The storm he couldn't contain. Eight years ago, Ophelia went from an orphaned London girl to the hidden bride of America's most powerful and untouchable billionaire, Regal Ariti. Forced into a marriage neither of them wanted, she was abandoned, silenced, and pushed into the shadows, until she clawed her way back into his life. Beautiful, sharp-tongued, and impossible to control, Ophelia makes a quiet storm out of the cold palace Regal built for himself. Now, she's no longer the quiet girl waiting in the background. What begins as cold, calculated tolerance turns into obsession. And what should have broken them-infidelity, secrets, betrayal only makes their bond dangerously unshakable. But Ophelia's not the only one with something to prove. His family wants her gone. Her lover wants her back. And Regal... wants her on her knees and by his side, forever.

"𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐲." ~ Marriage was never for love-it was for legacy. A strategy. A performance. And for the Lombardis and the Morettis, it was the most calculated, showstopping alliance of the century. Roman Moretti, Don of the La Cosa Nostra, and Angeline Lombardi, only daughter of the French-Italian Mafia Capo, had been betrothed since her birth --matched to unite two empires under one crown. Hidden from the world, Angeline was raised to be the perfect wife. Groomed. Silenced. Controlled. She learned early that one misstep would strip her of everything-including her name. Everyone's first mistake? They underestimated her. Though no one had ever seen her, the world assumed the Lombardi Princess was a polished doll. Quiet. Disposable. Roman saw the marriage as a formality-another calculated step toward total dominance. He had no plans to love her. No plans to live with her. Just a wife on paper, tucked away from him elsewhere, summoned when needed for appearances. But everything changed the moment he saw her walking down the aisle. She was perfection. Untouchable. She would be his ruin, his weakness, his obsession, his motivation. His everything. But what if that had been her plan all along? Not everything buried stays dead. Not every identity is what it seems. In a world where saints become monsters and monsters are worshipped like gods, Angeline must decide what's worth saving: her bloodline, her love, or herself. ~ -HEA -18+ -Romance/mystery/thriller -No Cheating/OWD -DARK ROMANCE "OMYGOSH. This book was immaculate. I could NOT put it down at all. Every chapter was AMAZING, the writing is shakespears work and each chapter made me laugh, smile, cry so much and this whole thing was a rollercoaster of emotions." -@Sunfloweraate8

A Legacy Written in Blood. A Marriage Sealed in Stone. Priya is a woman defined by her resilience. After surviving a nightmare of a first marriage and fighting to protect her daughter, Saanvi, from a world that views them as liabilities, she thinks she has seen the worst of men. That is, until she becomes the central piece in the "Legacy Clause"-a cold, calculated corporate merger that binds her to the most feared man in the country. Ivaan Raichand is a desert. Hard, scorched, and impenetrable, he is a titan of industry who treats his heart like a locked vault. He didn't marry Priya for love; he married her for the power she holds . He expects a silent, dutiful wife to manage his sprawling mansion and his two rebellious sons. But Ivaan has underestimated the "songbird" he brought into his cage. As Priya enters the cold, marble halls of the Raichand mansion, she realizes that the "Titan" is just as haunted as she is. Behind his icy exterior lies a father who doesn't know how to reach his sons and a man starving for a warmth he's never known. Armed with a secret letter of leverage and a mother's fierce instinct, Priya begins to realize that she doesn't just hold the keys to Ivaan's empire-she holds the keys to his soul. In a house filled with greedy relatives, traumatic ghosts, and hidden enemies, can a bird truly tame a lion? Or will the weight of their combined pasts crush them both before the desert can finally bloom? Themes: Slow-Burn Romance Healing from Trauma Found Family Power Play

💋❝𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔," 𝑰 𝒎𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒅. "𝑰'𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔-❞ 💋❝𝑩𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄." 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒕, 𝒓𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆. "𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔.❞ 💋❝𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓-𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒏𝒕," 𝑰 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕. "𝑰𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖-❞ 💋❝𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒓. "𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕. 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕. 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒊𝒕. 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔.❞ ★ ★ 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬.

Revenge. I'm familiar with it. You have to be when you're the firstborn son of a notorious mafia leader. Death and vengeance have been the very foundations of my life. So who in their fucking mind would be stupid enough to cross me? My brother and I have been wrongfully convicted of a crime we didn't commit. We know who is behind this. We bid our time behind bars, planned and prepared for the day we got out. Now we're free and hungry for redemption. I know what must be done. I know whose blood will be spilled. But before I go after him, I'll go after his daughter. I never said I play fair. *Book one in the Marino Brothers Duet. Rated 18+ due to explicit language, sex, and violence.*

A second chance to make things right... "Look me in the eyes, baby doll, and tell me you hate me." Tears welled up in her eyes, her voice trembling. "How do you expect me to hate you? I fucking love you!" My breath hitched, my chest tightening. "Are you serious?" She wrapped her arms around my neck, pressing herself against me. "Just shut up and kiss me." Book Two of In the Arms of Ivan Dimitri

Running from hell isnʼt easy. Especially when someoneʼs dragging you back down into it. Belligerent, brash and always in shades of black, Freya is hardly a lady. Hidden away by her father, sheʼs lived a normal life despite being born into the dark waters of New Yorkʼs underworld. Heʼs cold, cruel and calculating, with a proclivity for destruction. Feared by even Made Men, Torren is the boss of the stateʼs most leachorous crime syndicate. Freya hates his crudity and possessiveness, but she canʼt deny the way her breath hitches at his rough touch, the deep timbre of his voice, and his dark, heated gaze. Torren hates her disobedience, her recklessness, and her chaos. To him, sheʼs only something to be tamed. And after he slips a ring on her hand, snatching away her future, she makes only one vow---to become his biggest torment.

Crystal Eliza Crest had lived a life of privilege, untouched by the brutality that built her father's empire. She had everything-wealth, loyalty, and power-without ever realizing the blood that kept it intact. But ignorance wasn't immunity, and when the war between mafias took a personal turn, her world shattered. Ivan Sergio Dimitri had been raised in violence, molded into a leader with a single mission-destroy the American Mafia and show no mercy. He knew nothing of softness, only power and control. When Crystal fell into his hands, she was nothing more than leverage, a pawn to be used and discarded. She wasn't strong. She wasn't a fighter. Fear ruled her, yet she clung to the hope that someone would save her. But Ivan had no patience for weakness, and in his world, the only way to survive was to obey. He was the devil-ruthless and unyielding. She was a prisoner-fragile and powerless. Their paths were never meant to cross, yet here they were, bound by fate, trapped in a war that neither of them could escape. Would she learn to endure the darkness, or would Ivan crush her completely? Warning: This is an extremely dark romance. It delves into themes of power, control, and brutality. Not for the faint of heart.

This is a story of four brothers. The brothers who are ready to sacrifice their lives for each other in childhood but what will happen when they grow up and find their partners. Will their partners also understand their love for each other or Will they try to create conflict between them? It is a multicouple story. The story will involve brotherhood, bromance and romance at the same time.

"You are mine, only mine!" he yelled - his grip tightened around my arm. Tears trickled down my cheek. I was in pain. He's hurting me, he always does... A gangster-billionaire falls in love for the first time in his caged life. Emotions he can't control and a heart that he can't tame any more. Chaos arises when the 'lucky' girl denies him. Written by: Naila Ali *COMPLETED*