A seemingly innocent girl draws the interest of her three new professors with a dark background, only they are unaware that her life is remarkably similar to their own. "To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves." - Federico García Lorca Started: August 2021 Finished: Feb 2024

THALIA He used to be the guy I called my best friend and now he's going to be my husband. Alexander Russo is the last guy I would want to touch in this world, but my father made a deal with his and now I'm forced to marry him. He's my tormentor and my enemy. But after a war starts with Russia, the only way to make the Italians stronger is with a marriage with my ex-best-friend. ALEXANDER Thalia was always the girl that made me weak to my knees. She was always going to be my damnation. Now she's stuck with me forever. Our parents want us married to bring the families together and make us stronger. My angel, the girl who I'm suppose to engage, there's no way she can leave me now. Book 3 of the De Luca Series Full story available on Kindle Unlimited & Amazon *this only has the first three chapters of Thalia De Luca*

ARIA If only I knew that going into the lions den would get me burned, I would have stayed far away. My father sent me to kill one of the most powerful bosses in the world, Ace De Luca. I didn't know that I would end up being caught in a trap, his trap. There's no escaping him now. ACE My father always taught me to never have strings. Don't get attached to anything and you'll be fine. But then a girl with a fiery attitude and big brown eyes digs her way into my life. She thinks she can escape me, but she has no clue. Book 1 of the De Luca Series Full story available on Kindle Unlimited & Amazon *this only has the first three chapters of Ace De Luca*

REIGN Killian De Luca is a lot of things. He is a liar, aggressive, and will destroy everything good and beautiful in your life. But what did I do? I ended up helping him and falling in love with him instead of trying to hate him. And now that I'm sitting here with stars in my eyes looking at him, I have no clue how this all will end. KILLIAN I tried to warn her. I told her to not make me fall in love with her. But it's too goddamn easy. When she stares up at me with stars in her eyes and daisies in her hair, it's so easy to hopelessly fall in love with her. My end is near, I can feel it. But she has no clue. Book 3 of the De Luca Series Full story available on Kindle Unlimited & Amazon *this only has the first three chapters of Killian De Luca*

Dominic Romanov, a mafia boss who spends the night with a beautiful woman who leaves him wanting more than what he bargained for. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱, 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯. "𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘊𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯." 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦. 𝘔𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 - 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵. 𝘐 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥. "𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵."

Leila Aliyev grew up with her abusive step father and neglectful mother and had only herself to rely on. When Leila was sixteen and her mother died of a drug overdose, she was forced to run away or be 'taken care of' by her twisted step father, Paul. With that thought, she packed her bags and fled hoping she'd be free and be able to live a normal life. She was wrong. Almost four years later Leila had worked from house to house as a maid. She was bought and sold by many different people, some sane and some insane, so being an 'object' was the only thing she'd ever really known. When her most recent owner decides to get rid of her, she is once again put on the market waiting to be bought once again. Little did she know the next person to buy her was one of the most dangerous men in the world... Dante Constanzo the leader of the Italian Mafia. Despite his God-like looks, he was terrifying. He was everything Leila was not; intimidating, authoritative, controlling and he got everything he wanted. When Leila catches his eye at the bidding, he wants her and what Dante wants he gets. Will Leila be able to cope in the midst of Dante's formidable life whilst having her past constantly torturing her mind, or will she leave? After all she seems to be...Maid to Run. WARNING: This book will contain a lot of strong language, mature content, violence and content that may be triggering or upsetting to some readers. Read in discretion. *VALENTINA ROSE IS MY PEN NAME - NOT MY REAL NAME

[WARNING: This book has mature content in it, such as sexual content, violence and substance abuse. I suggest reading if you are 18 or older.] ▪•▪•▪ "You are mine, princesa," Gabriel muttered roughly into my ear, keeping my hands pinned beside my head to the wall. "On paper, you are mine. In contract, you are mine. In public, you are mine. No one else owns your body and soul like I do and they will never get the chance that I do." "I am not a trophy that you believe you have claim over because of that stupid contract, Gabriel," I snapped, my eyes trying their best not to flutter closed at the feeling of his warm breath on my neck. Gabriel smirked. "No, you're more than a trophy - you are my wife." He turned me around, picking me up so my legs would wrap around his hips. "So how about we stop fighting and you let me take you against this wall, sí?" ▪•▪•▪

He was leader of the Mafia, at least the only Mafia that mattered, and came with all of the qualities of a Mafia Leader; cold, possessive, ruthless, heartless, and perfectly sexy. He was destructive and terrible all until she showed up. Ruby. Ruby was strong, independent and incredibly beautiful. But she had a dark past, she was tormented with demons and she was trying hard to keep them at bay and hidden. There was just one problem, Cole and Ruby hated each other to the fullest extent. So how many times would he be able to hurt her until she finally hurt him back? And when she did, how far would he go to bring her back?

She knows and love him from her childhood . She thinks he feels the same towards her but she was wrong. For him she is just the maid . "Do you love me?" "Huuh?" she said confused "I said Do.you.love.me? or like me or have feelings towards me" She stood still unmoved without a word. I looked at her straight in the eyes for seconds. Clearly embarrassed she bent her head and after a debate with herself she was about to answer when I said "Don't" Her eyes widened and she whispered "What?" I leaned on my chair "If you love me so DON'T, forget about it, forget about any feelings you have towards me because I don't want it am I clear?" She didn't respond as refrigerated with an immense hurt and sadness in her eyes but that didn't stop me to finish "Don't even think I can be interested by you. I am the Don and your boss nothing more nothing less and YOU you are just a maid here so how could you expect something between us hein? Don't forget your place" Valentina stared at me and nodded while she tried to hold back her tears miserably. "So if you understand and record what I said you can go" She rushed to the door and leave. It was hard but it was the only way for her to give up and get rid of her stupid feelings.

Ailee ate her ice cream licking every bit of it and then Xavier pushed his cup infront of her. She looked confusingly at him. "Eat." "No you eat. Its yours" "Coco I don't really love it." She gasped loudly putting her hand on her mouth. "How can anyone NOT love chocolates?" she said giving him side eyes but accepted his offering nevertheless. He just shook his head watching her eat happily like a kid. ➶➶➶➶➶➶➶➶➶➶ 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮. ( I'm not good at giving excerpts but I would like you to try it) /114k Words/