He saw her for perhaps seconds, across a filled room, even then she had managed to stop time. Customers, sales assistents and even security, all frozen. Eyes followed the group across the shop floor and down the elevator. Captivated. 3 men: tall, dark and handsome dressed in cool beige linen suits had immediatly flanked her as she emerged from the restroom. The word "polished" came to mind. As if they had stepped out of photo shoot. Chiselled jaws, clear skin and darkly composed looks, which occasionally drew back to the women in their midst. And who could blame them, she was striking. It was the only way to desribe her, she possessed features beyond comparison; pixie haired, alabaster skin. A woman with eyes the colour of sage. A woman, more fae than mortal. Graceful and demure. And completely unaware of the effect she had on her surroundings. She nodded to the men to show she was ready to go and they moved together. The men at her sides spoke with an air of polite familiarity that was puzzling. Brothers? Maybe. One could be a husband? It was unclear as they all seemed drawn to her. Bodyguards? No- there was a look of mixed affection, respect and something else- longing as if they cherished her somehow. It was a remarkable incident that was seared into his memory. For yearis he had remained captivated by it. Then she reappeared. She was different. . . Her hair was longer, hung in a velvety curtain at her shoulders and she seemed infinitely more amiable. He knew then he had to have her. He wasnt the man he had been 10 years ago. ‐---------- Please do not plagiarise my work xxx Many thanks to everyone who has adding this title to their reading list xxx

When she was 14, Dalia was sold to Matteo Martinelli, the former leader of the largest Italian mafia. Flash forward with his son, Vittore Martinelli as the new leader, Dalia is given to him as a birthday present after years in spent in the "safe house". Dalia struggles to fulfill a promise she made and get her old self back as Vittore tries not to fall for the black beauty. Will they go through all the lies, jealousy, betrayal, envy, lust and murder together all in the name of love? Because at the end of it all, she is still Property Of Vittore Martinelli. * * * "Lift your hand," I said looking at how he held onto his bicep with a tight grip. "Let me take a look at the bullet wound." "No tesoro. I can do this myself," Vittore grumbled and I gave him incredulous look. "Don't start that bullshit with me Vittore. Remove your arm and let me help you or..." I trailed off, not able to say more. I was still in shock but I could do this. "Just... just let me help." "No." I glared at Vittore. "Why are you being so damn egotistic?! Let me help you! Do you know what it was like to find you like... and to..." I couldn't even get all the words out. "Let me help you. Please." Begging wasn't something I'd ever do but I just needed him to let me help him. "No-" "Why?!" I suddenly exploded. "Why won't you just let me help you?!" "Because I don't know how to handle it ok?!" Vittore suddenly exploded, his dark eyes glaring at me. "I don't know how to handle these... feelings. Fuck tesoro you drive me crazy! Don't you see that? You make me question everything I've ever known and... I can't..." I watched Vittore as his expression turned determined. "Fuck it." He leaned forward and pressed his lips on mine. * * * WARNING! Mentions of death, torture, gore, abuse and other things related to the mafia.

'For The Mafia' Series - Book 1 of 3! ~~~ "Down on your knees." He lets go of my hair and pushes my shoulders down roughly, before unbuttoning and shrugging off his shirt. I kneel in front of him and instantly unbuckle his belt and unzip his black pants. He watches me eagerly from above, keeping his hands to his side, letting me lead. "Are you jealous when I flirt with those men for information?" I bat my eyes up at him innocently as I pull his pants down to his knees. His face hardens as he considers my question. "I don't like your hands on them." He grumbles and I smirk. I already knew the answer. "I do it for you, Enzo." I remind him as I move my mouth closer to him. "Only me." He growls as he pulls my head forward, closing the space between us. ~~~ When a dangerous mafia leader meets this particular stripper, he learns she is anything but. Both equally ruthless and thirsting for power, he hires her as his lethal interrogator and assassin, however she quickly becomes more when neither can resist each other. But can she learn how to truly care for one of the men she was taught to use? Can he control his jealousy long enough to take advantage of her tricks? Will she love him enough to share her biggest secret - who she really is? Read to find out! Disclaimer: There WILL be mature content - swearing, sex scenes, murder, drugs, drinking, etc. It's a mafia story... so expect a lot of that stuff lol Started: February 2021 Completed: December 3, 2021 (Book 3 is in progress!) Achievements: First 1,000 reads: August 5, 2021 First 5,000 reads: December 24, 2021 First 50,000 reads: September 5, 2022 First 100,000 reads: November 18, 2022 First 200,000 reads: June 9, 2023 First 300,000 reads: December 1, 2023 First 400,000 reads: January 23, 2024 First 500,000 reads: March 23, 2024 First 900,000 reads: September 1, 2024!! Tag Ratings: #2 romantic suspense - January 12, 2022 #1 trouble - August 2, 2023

His eyes dark, almost that of a demon. His emotions difficult to read. He seemed as he would devour the blood out of her body. He took slow yet long strides toward Andressa, her back hit the wall, Kael put both his hands to the sides above her head, leaving her no room to escape. "Yes Meu anjo, this demon knows how to get what he want! you better watch out" Before Andressa could speak a word Kael locked his lips on hers. She resisted, he bit her lower lip until he felt the sweet taste of her warm blood. Her entire body pressed against Kael, her hands gripping his shirt in an effort to push him away, in a second he pulled away. "aaaahhhh you sick bastard, you.. you..." "Shshsh.." Kael shushed her placing his middle finger on her lips. Blood drops dripping from her lower lip. He looked deep in to her eyes and whispered, " I like how you taste meu anjo, you drive this demon wild" he licked his lips tasting the sweetness of her blood, making Andressa shiver in fear.

8th book in second generation Obsessive Series books A dark thought flashed in his Demonic head - 'It will be beautiful to see you completely ruined'. "What do you want?", She exasperatingly asked him and he spoke softly, "I'm here to collect the debt", "What debt?", She questioned him and he leaned towards her ears and whispered, "This" and then he hovered her face and the next moment, Her lips had been seized by a hot and soft sensation as she could feel her mind go blank, following her heart, and a wave of strange dizziness engulfed her. His eyes were closed as he was drowning in the feeling, and sensation of her lips. It was more aggressive than ever as his demon was at the highest peak of happiness. He felt like his thirst was near the end. Plunder her BREATH. Plunder her SOUL. His inner Demon was chanting in his head while jumping for joy. "No matter who YOU are. No matter what YOUR existence is. YOU are the only light in MY life. I will do my best to explore YOUR Existence and then TAME YOU, CAGE YOU by my side forever" He whispered in between the kisses. *** What will happen when two multi-billionaire heartless and ruthless creatures will clash to each other 'Dark, vengeful, Obsessive Story of DEMON aka 'Zane Daniel Miller' and BEAST aka 'Arika Arjun Kashyap' She becomes His OBSESSION But he never claims her as his Possession. He is her FIRE which turns her into a MOTH of determination. Two People who were too cunning to conceal their real self from the world. How will they fight the temptation and the hidden game of revenge? Who will lose and who will win the game of vengeance? [Billionaire/Mystery/thriller/revenge/romance/ Beauty/ Demon/ split personality/ childhood sweethearts/18+ mature and sensitive content]

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

{ONGOING & EDITING} Leilah Winters has been chosen by the one and only Elijah Moreno to be the surrogate for the heir to his throne. It's attraction at first sight when Elijah sees her, but that soon takes an unexpected turn when Leilah finds out his true identity. When she moves in with him to be under his protection for the next nine months of her life, secrets unfold and lives are ruined as she realizes she's in way over her head. What will happen? Read to find out. cover by @_navyblueee_ *THIS BOOK IS A DARK ROMANCE NOVEL. THIS BOOK ALSO CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT AND THEMES THAT MIGHT UPSET SOME READERS. THIS IS ALSO NOT NECESSARILY A SLOWBURN NOVEL. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! ⚠️*

Completed (Needs Editing) Love, lust, an age gap, a mafia and a love triangle. Will this love heal or wreck them? ___________________________________________ '𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔.' 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒑 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒑 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅. Started: 26/11/21 Finished: 11/03/22

𝟏𝟖+ "Do you have any idea," he started as he licked his lips, his tongue piercing catching my eye, "how much I've had to refrain myself from fucking you over the last few months?" * Three very simple rules was all it took for everything to fail, but does Taylor Thomas and Nicolas Romano abide by them? Out of all things that could go wrong to Taylor, everything just starts to blow up all at once for her. One fateful night out with her best friend, she witnesses a murder commited by familiar billionaire Nicolas Romano, and receives a call from her older brother that he owed the wrong people some money, and now he's been framed and arrested for murder. She decided to involve herself into the mafia world, for all the right reasons. Or so she thought. What she didn't expect however, was to become the main target on their list. Secrets are soon revealed, bonds are built, and time begins to quickly run out. Will they make it in time? Will they disobey the rules? Will love get in the way and end up killing both Nicolas and Taylor? USED TO BE TITLED: SINS AND SCARS

"In a world overtaken by the mafia, there can only be one king." ---------------- Alister Mancini. His name alone was enough to make anyone's blood run cold. Infamous for his heartless and cruel ways, he was considered the most dangerous man alive. But even a mafia leader couldn't deny his attraction when he saw his maid sound asleep on his bed. --------- *This story contains mature themes such as sexual content ,abuse, and strong language. If you are sensitive to these topics, this book is not for you.* While this book does contain smut, it is not smut based.