*WAS DELETED AT 600K READS* Adriana Mancini I was raised to bite, not bow. So when they told me I was to marry Nikolas Volkov-heir to the Bratva, enemy to my blood-I didn't cry, I laughed. They thought they could tame me with diamonds and alliances. And for the first time in my life, I realized I didn't have a choice. As for him.. It's the eyes that speak to me. Blank but compulsive with secrets, empty yet dominating with control. Like stone. I wonder, is his heart made of it too? Nikolas Volkov After a bloody feud with the Cosa Nostra, I'm forced into an arranged marriage-to the one woman I can't control. Adriana Mancini. A hurricane in stilettos with venom in her smile. She tests my patience, taunts my power, and tempts my darkness. She thinks I won't ruin her just because she wears my ring. But this marriage was never meant to be peaceful. It was built for war.

❧ 𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐔 was never meant to rule-but when her father is murdered, she becomes ANGE the Angel of the underworld and the French mafia. Cold. Ruthless. Alone. She built an empire from blood and silence-until the Italian mafia tries to steal it all after she rejects their Don's marriage proposal. To survive, she does the unthinkable: marries the one man she swore to hate forever. ❧ 𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐋 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐕 - the dangerous, damaged king of the Russian Bratva. He calls her 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎，𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠ℎ𝑘𝑎，𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙 - but his eyes see through her armor. Their marriage is one of power, not love. But living under the same roof, in the same estate, with secrets between them and enemies closing in... something begins to crack. He's haunted by his past. She's running from hers. And neither of them expected that in this war of blood and vows, their hearts might be the first to fall. _____ - Tropes: ❧ Enemies to lovers ❧ Arranged marriage/marriage of convenience ❧ Mafia romance ❧ Trauma bonding ❧ Forced proximity ❧ Age gap _____ Started: 2025 June 20 Finished: 2026 January 20 _____ #1 overprotective

ENEMIES WITH BENEFITS WHO GET SHOVED INTO A ARRANGED MARRIAGE BOOK ........... They don't kiss. They clash. They were born into violence and raised to be monsters. He kills on command, leaves bodies as warnings, and smiles while doing it. She's just as lethal-sharp blades, sharper words, and a temper that's ended men twice her size. Their families are sworn enemies, their blood feud written in gunfire and graves. Their affair was never tender. It was teeth and nails. Knives pressed to throats. It was rage-fueled sex that felt like war-hands around throats, promises whispered like threats, pleasure taken out of spite. Then their parents catch them. Instead of punishment, they're forced into a marriage meant to stop the bloodshed. A contract signed in blood. A wedding guarded by armed men. Now they're bound together, wearing rings like restraints. Their fights turn violent. Their nights turn feral. Hate bleeds into obsession, and obsession into something far more dangerous. They're trapped in a gilded cage, sharing a bed they swore they'd never sleep in willingly, playing devoted spouses while plotting each other's destruction. Marriage turns their private war into a public contract. A shared bed becomes a battleground. Arguments end with hands slammed against walls, steel glinting between them, promises whispered like threats. Every touch dares the other to flinch. Every moment alone feels like it could end in blood-or something far worse. Every argument ends with threats. Every touch feels like a challenge. Every night is a battle neither can afford to lose. Because in the mafia, marriage is a weapon-and when hate tastes this good, love might be the deadliest sin of all. .............. "They call it peace. I call it a prettier kind of war."

"Our love was a case we both lost." When a brilliant lawyer and her ruthless prosecutor husband turn their marriage into the most brutal case they've ever fought, love becomes the one verdict neither of them can win-or walk away from. *** Naomi Carter is a fiercely intelligent lawyer with a near-perfect winning streak of 97% cases won. The only times she ever loses is to her husband. She's sharp, controlled, and commanding in the courtroom, but behind closed doors, she hides a woman who's never truly learned how to love. Nathaniel Carter is a ruthless prosecutor, relentless in his pursuit of justice, and impossible to read. Driven by a fierce need for control, he struggles to keep his own life from unraveling. He's the one man who knows his wife's weaknesses and exploits them with a quiet intensity, stirring both her frustration and desire. Their marriage is a constant battleground, scarred by a shared tragedy neither can overcome. Join these two broken souls as they fight to protect themselves while craving the one thing they fear most: each other. *** #1 in bwwm #1 in eroticromance #1 in blackwoman #1 in enemies #1 in grief #1 in childloss #1 in pregnancy #1 in brokenmarriage #1 in loverstoenemies #1 in darkromance #2 in mentalhealth #2 in enemiestolovers #1 in romance #1 in secondchanceromance

Logan Romano didn't just enter the NHL. He tore through it. Dark. Brooding. Untouchable. With brutal talent and a reputation as cold as the New York winter, Logan dominates both the ice and every room he walks into. He doesn't lose. He doesn't bend. And he certainly doesn't fall in love. Not after the last time. Not until November Levine crashes into his life like a beam of sunlight he never asked for. She's warmth where he's storm clouds. She's soft where he's jagged edges. A walking contradiction to everything Logan swore he needed. When a deal forces the polar opposites under one roof, tensions ignite fast. Teasing turns to feuds. Feuds turn into something dangerously close to desire. And Logan is forced to confront the one promise he's never broken. Because once you step into the light- it's impossible to return. ✩ Grumpy x sunshine • forced proximity • slow burn Will the hockey captain cross that line? ✩ "Nova." I whisper, my voice low and hoarse against her neck. "Stop it." "Stop what." She whimpers back innocently as her thighs tighten around my hips. My teeth nip at the skin on her jaw in warning. "Either stop teasing, or put me out of my fucking misery." November pulls her head back from mine, resting it against the wall, and bats her lashes up at me. "Say please."

𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕗𝕚𝕒 𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 -------------ꨄ------------ 𝑰𝑺𝑨𝑫𝑶𝑹𝑨 𝑩𝑨𝑵𝑲𝑺 - The girl of the ocean, who grew up learning how to ride the waves of the sea before her seventh birthday. With her bubbly charm and reckless bravery, she was loved in California and seemed to have her entire life figured out. But when a dark shadow is revealed from the past, what will happen to her and the fairytale life she once dreamed of having? 𝑳𝑼𝑪𝑨 𝑮𝑰𝑶𝑽𝑨𝑵𝑵𝑰 - The devil himself. The killer. Newly crowned leader of the Italian Mafia, Giovanni makes it his personal mission to get revenge on the man responsive for his younger brother's death all those years ago. Driven by this vengeance, he travels halfway across the world to ensure that Isadora's father is the one that pays for his crimes. And what better way to make him suffer than forcing Isadora's hand in marriage? -------------ꨄ------------

Orazio Ricci never planned to settle down, let alone marry a woman he's never met. But loyalty to his family means sacrificing his freedom, and now he's stuck with a stranger who's as icy as she is breathtaking. Anastasia Nosov, the daughter of a powerful Russian Don, is used to surviving alone. Trust isn't easy for her, especially not with the cocky, golden-skinned man who looks at her like he's undressing her with his eyes. She was the Don's Fiancee, but now she is his. Forced to live under the same roof, the reluctant sexual tension between them ignites into something hotter and far more dangerous than either expected. Anastasia sees past Orazio's easy charm to the fiercely protective heart he hides, and Orazio realizes that beneath Anastasia's cool mask is a woman who's been hurt too deeply to trust easily. When a threat from Anastasia's past comes hunting, the walls between them fall. What started as obligation becomes devotion. What started as heat becomes love. But loving Anastasia might cost Orazio everything, and he's never been one to lose a fight.

It starts with a contract, not a love story. After a mission in Spain goes wrong, Aleksandra Mikhailovna Dragunova, Moscow's Bratva princess, is ordered to marry the lion of Sicily to stop a war. One wrong deal. One betrayal. One forced marriage between two empires that should never mix... and a slow-burn obsession that could burn them all. Hunted by her own world and driven out of every safe house and city, Aleksandra has one way left to survive: align with the Spadaro family. A ring she never wanted becomes her only shield. Domiziano Massimo Spadaro, Underboss and the heir to the Black Lion's crown, was raised on blood oaths and loyalty. His loyalty is the kind that makes men fear his name more than the law. When the contract lands on his desk, he doesn't see a bride; he sees a liability wrapped in strategy. A Dragunov. A woman he is ordered to claim, never trust. Aleksandra led men who killed at her word and bled at her feet. Her rules were simple: freedom over fairy tales. Power over promises. Control over love. They walk into the marriage as enemies, bound by ink, not choice. They promise themselves one thing: do not fall. ~~~ "He was supposed to be my protection. Not my addiction." ~ Aleksandra Dragunova

𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈 everyone knows who she is. Worldwide model, covered in many vogue magazines, walked catwalks, and runaway. But people don't know what happens behind the curtains. Despite the many scandals that have plagued her reputation, many people continue to idolize her, but little do they know what happens behind the scenes. Her crazy lifestyle, the drugs, the alcohol, the parties, the sex, it all comes crashing down to her on due to one night. Secrets unravel, and so does her reputation. 𝐋𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐒 the man whom every woman falls to their knees who gets an ounce of attention from him. The playboy, he fucks around but never stays long enough to stick around. He's always finding ways to get into trouble, which is the exact thing that winter needs to stay away from, but she finds herself struggling to get away from him, as he appears in every corner she takes. Together, they were a beautiful yet completely tragic mess.

𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐎𝐍 is the fireball of the group-the life of the party, the girl who always knows how to have fun, and the friend you can always rely on. She believes in love like it's written in the stars, like it's meant to be grand and all-consuming. But what most people don't see is the bleeding heart beneath her confident smile. The same heart that beats fiercely for love is the same one that shatters the hardest. And now, she's starting to wonder-does love heal, or does it only wound? 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍 is the guy who never takes anything seriously. He's the one cracking jokes when the room gets tense, the one who turns everything into a game, the friend who always has your back. People love him for it, but they don't realize that it's his way of keeping his own demons at bay. His laughter masks the weight he carries, the things he'd rather drown in another drink than face. But some pain can't be laughed off, and some losses can't be undone. She's searching for something real. He's terrified of facing reality. But when the lines between them blur, when love becomes both the wound and the cure-will he finally step up before she slips away for good?