She thought she was free. Until a billionaire and his daughter saw her - and decided she was theirs. One wanted a wife. The other wanted a mother. Neither asked if she agreed. They watched her for two years. Followed her every move. Until one day, they flew across the world and bought her future - with smiles, paperwork, and charm that smelled like roses but felt like chains. Now, she sleeps in silk sheets she didn't choose. Wears clothes she didn't buy. Answers to a name she didn't earn. Every touch is a test. Every night is a transaction. And every whispered "I love you" is a warning. She hides pills beneath her tongue. She dreams of running. But there is no escape - only a cage made of wealth, obsession, and unbearable intimacy. Because he doesn't just want her body. He wants her compliance. Her mind. Her loyalty. Her womb. And when the daughter discovers the truth - she doesn't cry. She accuses. Now the doors are locked. The smiles are gone. And the only thing more terrifying than being watched... is being needed. This isn't love. This is possession with a wedding ring. This is family, twisted into obsession. This is what happens when a girl becomes the answer to someone else's madness. ---

He was her boss. Unreachable. Unforgiving. Undeniably magnetic. She was his assistant. New to the city, new to the rules-his rules. In the heart of Milan's corporate elite, Alessandro Romano runs his empire with icy precision. His glass-walled office sees everything-except what stirs behind his cold gaze when Adelina Rosa walks in. She wasn't supposed to get under his skin. He wasn't supposed to notice her. But power and desire don't follow protocol. And in a world of glass walls, secrets can't stay hidden forever. A slow-burn, forbidden office romance . Sharp glances. Clipped words. And a love that builds in silence before it burns. BOOK ONE OF ROMANO SERIES.

A Talia Turner & Jasper Hale BWWM Romance

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.

Aaliyah Johnson is in her final year at Magnolia State University, where she's balancing a scholarship, an art degree, and the pressure of not knowing what comes next. Elias Carter, the university's baseball captain, seems to have everything figured out, except his own heart. When mutual friends and a poetry club bring them together, sparks ignite in the most unexpected ways. She's brilliant and blunt; he's disciplined and mysterious. But between classes, practices, and the expectations of everyone around them, connection becomes the one thing they can't plan for. From strangers to friends to something far deeper, their story grows with every season, rooted beneath a magnolia tree that sees it all. Autumn brings sparks: "I'm curious about you, but I don't even know why yet." Winter, closeness: "You calm me when I didn't realise I needed calming." Spring, love: "I've known for a while... I just didn't want to ruin it." Summer, uncertainty: "Even if everything changes, you've changed me already." Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to the images used both on the cover and throughout the story.

Maya runs away from home, escaping an arranged marriage to an unfamiliar city-Chicago. Attacked and robbed of everything, she's left with nothing-no money, no safety, no hope. When a strip club poster catches her eye, Maya makes a decision: one night on stage could earn her enough for a room, maybe even a way to survive. Instead, she meets Roman Volkov. Cold, ruthless, and untouchable, Roman is the Mafia boss who owns the city's underworld. He makes her an offer: one night with him, and she'll have more money than she knows what to do with. It should be simple. Just a deal. Just one night in Chicago with a man she'll never see again. But when the sun rises, Maya learns the truth: No one spends just one night with Roman Volkov.

Jaleen, is well black educated woman with rich chocolate skin and long, kinky-curly hair that tumbles to her mid-back, has always lived by discipline. Being a Sophomore in college Focused on excelling in her classes and perfecting her craft, she refuses to let distractions-especially romantic ones-derail her. After growing up in the shadow of her parents' broken relationship, she's built walls around her heart that no one has managed to climb. Then comes Zahmir. A Senior in college Tall, fit, and broad-shouldered, with jet-black hair, tattoos inked across his skin, and a presence that commands every room he enters, Zahmir is more than his reputation. As the head of the Italian mafia since his parents stepped down after his high school graduation, he's lived a reckless life, notorious for having a different woman on his arm every other day. But behind his dangerous allure is a story Jaleen can't ignore. Drawn to his mystery, Jaleen finds herself caught between the life she's carefully built and the man who threatens to unravel it-all while daring her to feel something real for the first time.

NOW ON KINDLE UNLIMITED! Read the full story, including exclusive scenes, via the link in my bio! 🔗 He came for a hiding place. He stayed for the cook. Serenity Davidson has no time for strays. She's too busy running the best soul food catering business in Greensboro and keeping her heart in the Dudley neighborhood. As a proud Dudley High alum, Serenity knows how to handle the heat but she isn't prepared for the starving, half-dead man collapsed on her front porch. She does what she does best: she feeds him. He says his name is Kevin. He says he's an unemployed factory worker with "bad asthma." He is lying. He is Lorenzo Moretti, the ruthless Don of the Sicilian Mafia, battered and hiding in plain sight. He intended to heal, exact his revenge, and disappear. But after weeks of Serenity's soul food, her warm bed, and her sharp tongue, Lorenzo realizes he has a new addiction. He's not just going to take back his empire. He's taking the cook with him.

In the darkest corners of obsession, a twisted love story unfolds. A powerful and ruthless man, driven by a fixation that knows no bounds, will stop at nothing to claim and protect the object of his desire. His love is a toxic abyss, consuming everything in its path. He'll kill, maim, and destroy anyone who dares to touch what's his. His possession is all-consuming, his jealousy a raging inferno. She's his fixation, his raison d'être. His every waking moment is spent thinking of her, plotting to keep her safe, and eliminating any threats to their twisted union. And he'll do whatever it takes to keep her by his side... forever. In this dark, erratic , and all-consuming romance, the lines between love and obsession are blurred. Get ready to enter a world where the darkest aspects of human nature reign supreme.

Frankie has just become the youngest and only female in a local barbershop after just moving into town. She has no living family or friends back home so she moved away to start anew. Quickly she becomes well respected and known as being a great barber and begins to build up her clientele. Little does she know that their biggest clientele happens to be members of a well known Mafia whose boss has helped keep the shop in business and only does house calls to get his hair done. One day, he returns from a trip from being away a couple of months and the guy that used to do his hair is no longer there and is picky. Desperate for a cut the only person that can do it is the new girl. So when she heads over he is surprised that she is a woman but also, that she's a curvy sexy young woman that instantly gets him hooked. He hates relationships, despises love and wants no relationship. But something about her is different and will do whatever it takes to be with her....there's just one tiny detail he doesn't know about her yet......She is the daughter of the late Mafia King Boss whose title he took a year ago. © Copyright 2020 All Rights Reserved