Kai Romano is ultimate playboy. He's rich, hot and not to mention the son of a criminal boss. The last thing on his mind is love, but when a deal goes wrong and he ends up shot, Kai finds himself falling hard and fast for his new doctor, but he knows all too well the dangers of falling in love. Yet, she may just be the one woman worth risking everything for? Emery is living her perfect life of being a doctor, but finds herself bored and drained, awaiting the next exiting venture. So when a sexy stranger who hides his darkness beneath jokes and crass flirting comes crashing into her life, she's left questioning her morals, her desires and if she's capable of being the one to tame this playboy?

"𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮." Lonzo Mattia doesn't like strangers. When his underboss, Gabriel, invites his sister, Alexia, to stay at their house when her parents can no longer guarantee her safety, Lonzo is anything but pleased. The last thing he needs is something else to worry about, he only wants to build his empire without distractions. Alexia Dalton knows what she wants in life. After being brought up by vigilantes, Alexia wants to make a different path from the one that is set out for her. But when she moves into the mafia boss's house, nothing is simple when there are two mutual feelings between them. Hate and a lot of uncontrollable lust. Neither of them want to admit that they love the taste of it. ✧ ✧ ✧ Tropes: - Mafia Romance - Brother's boss/best friend - Forbidden Love - Strong FMC/Grumpy MMC - He falls first and harder - Dark themes - Spicy scenes

[Book 2] ••••••••••• After constantly being lied to and betrayed from not only her family but also her once best friend, Angela finds it hard to be able to trust anyone again. What will Elijah do when Angela enters his life again? Will he be able to gain her trust again or remain a distant memory to her? •••••••••••••• "Promises are like little hearts. They aren't meant to be broken." ••••••••••••••

[COMPLETE][UNEDITED] 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 '𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭' 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 ⭒ 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐨 (𝟏𝟖), the daughter of Stella and Leo Russo. She's a Mafia heir who's struggled for years trying to figure out which Mafia she'd want to take over. She doesn't take shit from anyone and sure as shit won't take anything from her new bodyguard. 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱 "𝐍𝐢𝐱" 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐨 (𝟐𝟐), a new bodyguard to the Italian Mafia due to him seeing something he shouldn't have. His one job is to protect Emmy and make sure she's completely safe. No matter what. What happens when he becomes her personal bodyguard? Will she give him a hard time like all the others or will feelings get involved and complicate things instead? ⭒ started: july 1st, 2022 finished: march 10th, 2025