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.

#1 Heartbroken #3 Crush As a Mafia King son, I had given myself a rule to never fall in love with any girl after my father killed my mother in front of me. To prevent my father's enemies from finding me I was sent away to the US to attend high school and that's when I met her. Bella. An innocent, sweet nerd who captured my attention with her soft smile and beautiful eyes behind big glasses. Then the wall I had built around myself started to crumble and to avoid that, I became cruel, ruthless and started to bully her to bury my emotions. **Completed**

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.*

Vanessa is a sixteen year old orphan from Vermont. With a rough past and no hope of getting adopted, she is surprised when one day a lovely couple walks in and adopts her into their family. The Harringtons are a rich family from Connecticut. They very warmly welcome Vanessa into their million dollar home which is also lived in by their son Noah. Noah and Vanessa quickly form a brother sister relationship and he helps her navigate the hallways of her new private high school. With all these new changes, Vanessa catches the attention of the school bad boy, also a son of a very rich family, Mason Pruitt, who may even be more damaged and dark than she is. From poor to rich and lonely to very well known in the matter of twenty four hours. Vanessa slowly learns how to cope with her new life the best way she can, but when she falls for Mason, her life encounters even more rollercoasters than she could have ever imagined. She learns how to deal with his anger and controlling nature, but when their love turns lethal, she may not come out of it alive.

[𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗡: 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗢𝗡𝗘] There's only one word to describe Silas Westbrook. Cruel. He's wanted me dead for years, ever since the day we met on the roof. Thankfully I survived the attempt on my life that day, now years later I'm alive and being shipped away by my mother and her husband to the no private academy he attends. Silas made a promise that he'll be the reason I drop out. One thing about Westbrooks? They don't make mindless threats. They make promises.

There's a thin line between good and evil. Good. Azalea Blanc in one word. Although she is constantly surrounded by crime, she never lets it alters her kind ways. When her job is to deliver food daily to all of the locked-up criminals in the crime capital of New York, she's used to seeing the darkness that can lay within people. Evil. Reese Ricci in one word. He rules the world of crime, killing and smiling in the color of red. By no means is he a kind man. He's ruthless, dangerous, and heartless. That is until he gets captured and thrown into a cell, and a certain girl enters to give him food. While Azalea tempts him into the light, Reese tempts her into the dark. And Azalea quickly realizes, Evil might just taste better than good.

Gabrielle Lane, a very colorful and joyous woman with a big heart. She was never one to judge, spread rumors, or stay mad at someone for over a day. Closing up her shop one night she was bombarded by three men. Elijah Knight, a cold and dangerous man who never cared for anyone except his crew. A job gone wrong have him meet the the caring and sweet Gabrielle. He instantly disliked the young girl, hating everything about her. But when his hate turns into something more... something deeper, will he be able to control the obsession he soon has over her Warning: This is a dark novel and will have a lot of mature scenes. It will have also a lot of disturbing scenes such as violence, abuse, and other sensitive topics. This is not for people with soft hearts. Meant for 18+

She was the one that never had to say a word, a glance from her would make any one question if they would live to see tomorrow. He was known for his deadly sins, his bloody hands that never seemed to get clean. When one meets the other, galaxies collide. [𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝟼𝟼𝟼 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜] #𝟷 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 (𝚊𝚞𝚐 𝟸𝟿, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸) #𝟷 𝚌𝚒𝚊 (𝚊𝚞𝚐 𝟸𝟿, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸) #𝟷 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎 (𝚓𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝟻, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸) #𝟷 𝚖𝚞𝚝𝚎 (𝚊𝚞𝚐 𝟾, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸) #1 assignment (dec 21- may 12)

Redhead, innocent and pure. The three words which best describe Skylar Gray. With her hidden secrets and fears, she is not living an easy life. Although, the last thing she wants is to drown into the world of darkness. So she keeps on moving forward from one day to another, always with a smile on her face. But the smile soon fades away when she meets a guy, who unlike her, already gave in to the world she is trying to avoid. He is making her life miserable while she is determined to figure out why does her heart beat a little faster when he is around.

I look up at him, his green eyes hungry with lust, blood clinging to his shirt. "I don't think you understand Kate." He takes a step closer to me and grabs my chin softly. "I would do anything you ask me to." I would almost be touched if I didn't know the sinister meaning behind it. "I would die for you." He continues, backing me into a wall. "And I would, with no hesitation, kill for you." * * * * * * * 22 year old Kate Lancaster lived a boring, mundane life. She got up, went to work, came home, and repeated the process the next day. She despised it, as an escape from it all, she went to her favorite park, desperate to escape reality. 29 year old Daniel Anderson lived a perfect life. He got up, went to work, came home, and repeated the process the next day. Simple and predictable, but somehow, no matter how hard he tried, nothing seems to quiet his mind. After his phone died and his car broke down, he was left with no option but to walk home, where he sets his sights on Kate.