"My mother always told me not to play with fire. I guess I should've listened." ... Alana has spent her life adhering to strict rules, raised in a family where appearances meant everything. Trained to be the perfect daughter-calm, composed, and obedient-she's never dared to step out of line or show her true self. Sergei has been betrayed more times than he can count, leaving him hardened, ruthless, and haunted by paranoia. He's built walls no one can penetrate, trusting only in his own power to survive. ... When a professional encounter with an angry Sergei at Alana's job leads her to be kidnapped, she's thrown into his ruthless underworld, held captive in exchange for her life. What will happen when their lives collide in a marriage neither wants but can't resist? Will their undeniable passion spark the possibility of love or will it fade once reality hits? #1 in enemies #1 in dark #1 in darkromance #1 in mafiaromance #1 in manipulation #1 in adultthemes #1 in captive #1 in russian #1 in heartbreak

𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬. Caterina's father is the Don of the Sicilian Mafia, although Cat refuses to be a part of the dangerous lifestyle that comes with it all. After leaving her family and the Mafia behind her, Caterina begins her own life, living peacefully outside of the reach of the Mafia for four years. That changes suddenly as life throws Caterina into the middle of the chaos when the Russian Mafia chooses to strike her family's empire. Placing a bounty on the Sicilian Mafia heir. With her life now at risk, Caterina's father has sent one of his best men to keep her safe and hide her away from the enemy. But there's something off with the tall and dangerous man who has sworn to protect Caterina's life. Can she trust him? Or will the secrets he hides be her undoing? Mature Content Warning | 18+ Please read list of trigger warnings. (This story is complete and can be read as a standalone)

📜 DETAILED SYNOPSIS Title: THE SILENCED DAUGHTER OF THE DON Elena Lana De Luca was born into cruelty. The only daughter of an Italian Mafia Don who despised women, she witnessed horrors most could never imagine-her mother abused, broken, and silenced, and Elena herself cursed to a life she did not choose. At seven, her father ensured she could never defy him: a doctor made her unable to speak, and her life was marked by obedience and confinement. On her eighteenth birthday, Elena is thrust into a marriage arranged from the moment she was born-a union with Leonardo Santoro, a dominant, dangerous Mafia heir she has never met. Silent and astute, Elena navigates her new world carefully, observing the fortress-like mansion, the staff, and her powerful husband with unblinking eyes. She cannot speak, but she sees everything, calculates every move, and silently asserts control in ways no one expects. Leonardo, captivated by her beauty, strength, and silence, is drawn to her in ways he cannot explain. Yet he is wary of the quiet fire in her amber-green eyes-a fire that could rival his own power. As secrets unravel, desires awaken, and dangers close in, Elena must decide whether to survive, dominate, or claim the only freedom she has ever known: the power to define her own fate.

Two very powerful young royals who were forced to marry and rule the kingdom together by their parents, stood powerless when it came to the thing they desired the most in life-Love. Their hearts already belonged to someone when they were promised to each other by their fathers. They didn't wish for this union, but they couldn't oppose it. After all this was the hierarchy they lived in, the hierarchy of love that served as the law. Royal can marry royal, Common can marry common, but Royal and Common? Such desires were punishable by death, yet they both couldn't help but to give their hearts to the one's they knew they could never have.

Ajax Preston West III has everything he's ever wanted, all but Harper Morgan. The one woman he's waited for, the one woman he's always wanted. His best friends sister. Taking over his parent's cattle ranch, he's closer to her then ever before. After years of ignoring his feelings for the sake of his friendship he's ready to make his move. Yet, Harper's coldness towards him has him confused. As the accountant for West End Cattle Ranch Harper has always had a thing for the West's son, Ajax. That was until she overheard him telling her brother he had no interest in her and thinks of her as a sister. Feeling like an idiot for reading his looks and actions wrong, she's goes out of her way to avoid him. Years later she starts working for the West's. Not having to work with Ajax was a blessing. However, now that Ajax is taking over the ranch she has no where to hide. *This is a spin off on my story The Deal....it's going to be a simple sweet and perfect romance. Enjoy! :)* This will be updated when I have time! Don't start reading if you expect regular updates!!! Once Loving Blackmail is completed it will be updated regularly! :) All Rights reserved© to Kylee Kay Yount

Aria Valentino the lost mafia princess. Kidnapped at 4 years old by her fathers best friend. A beautiful, young, troubled soul dealing with the abuse of her "father". Little does she know as she grows to protect herself her life will change forever. The Valentino family was left in ruin at the loss of their mafia princess. Their Obsession. The five Valentino brothers struggling to be a family without their sorellina, will she find her way back to them and bring them back together? Will they open up about their secrets or will they continue to be a divided family?

❧ 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

There's only so much that can come in between childhood bestfriends. And by so much, I mean a 9 year disappearance and a dead man in the middle of central London.. --GENEVIEVE BLACK-- She's pretty, she's funny, she has hair that matches her name and she was just another normal girl until she got mixed up in the wrong crowd. When your boyfriend is one of Londons top drug dealers, you have a reputation to live up to. And when he tells you to do something, you don't ask questions, you perform as you're told. Even if it means ruining your life forever. --ROMANO ORLOV-- He's rich, he's intelligent, he's quick. He's loved her ever since they were kids. They had the childhood to lovers arc, what was his was hers, where Romano went, Genevieve followed. They even had special names for each other. He had everything, until he lost the one person that meant more to him than she ever did. His brother. And it's all because of her.

They will claim to be her salvation as they take her through hell. Left in the care of her brothers, Isabella starts to realize this as the truth begins to crack the surface of all that she has left and she realizes there is no escape. • • • A thriller/mystery based book about family. Contains sensitive material (no cliches). Copyright © 2020 by luxedreams. All rights reserved.

🚧 UNDER CONSTRUCTION 🚧 〤In editing process, first book, revamping in progress〤 ❝ 𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝑀𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒟𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝐼𝓃 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝐿𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝐿𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒮𝒶𝒻𝑒𝓉𝓎 , ❞ ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ. I decided to explore a little and found a room that had a beautiful black bed. It was very masculine, but the smell gave me butterflies. I approached the curtains on the large and long windows and gently touched them. "May I help you?" a tall figure asked with his hands In his pockets. I quickly turned around and was shocked at the sight I was seeing. It was the man with beautiful brown eyes. "No, I'm sorry, I just liked the way your room looked," I told him with a slight smile. ₊˚ʚ ᗢ₊˚✧ ﾟ. Yelena Alverez, nineteen-year-old, born in Italy raised in New York by her adoptive mother, Yelena, crosses paths with Adrian Costello, a twenty-five-year-old Mafia underboss. Adrian is a carefree sinner. He can shoot you in the head twenty-seven times with no guilt. Yelena loses her adoptive mother and is forced to move in with her biological parents. To Yelena, they were terrible people that had no emotion. Once Yelena got closer to her family, she realized they weren't bad people. Well, she was wrong. Her entire family is also in the Italian Mafia and her father is the boss. Adrian has never shown emotion towards a woman in his entire life, but once he meets Yelena, he falls in love. ₊‧ ✩ ੈ * ⚬ ʚ♡ɞ ⚬ * ੈ✩‧₊ * NEEDS MAJOR EDITING * xoxo, Scythe 🍜 ‿︵‿︵୨˚̣̣̣͙୧ - - ୨˚̣̣̣͙୧‿︵‿︵ #1 - troublemaking #1 - Pinocchio #1 - Disparity #2 - forbiddenlove #2 - age gap #1 - Mine 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 : 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 , 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 : 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟱𝘁h