I lean in being careful to not dive the knife too far in his throat but enough for it to bleed and leave a scar. Our faces are inches apart and I decide to speak : "Looks like I won. I could end you right now if I wanted" "Then do it". His reply takes me off guard "No, I am smarter than that, it's still not the time. I am a patient woman" I mutter despite the fact that I didn't believe a word I just said... of course I wasn't a patient woman. He takes advantage of my lack of focus and throws me to the side. He was now on top with his hand pinning my wrists down and his blood dripping on my chest. "You can lie to everyone, even to yourself Valeria, but not to me" he panted ------------------------- If you like: - Mafia romances - Childhood friends to enemies to lovers - Slow burn - Nightmare trope - Dagger to the throat trope - One bed trope - Comforting scenes - Girl badass vs dominant men - Characters with tragic backstories - Hates everyone but her - 🌶🌶🌶 Then this book is for you !

[BOOK 2] [ONGOING] ❝if you were to describe yourself in one word, what would it be?❞ five years ago she was a quiet, insecure girl. however, five years later she is confident, fierce, and had a multi-billionaire company under her name. they say time changes a person immensely which can be for the good or bad. to her this wasn't change. it was finding her true self and understanding her worth. she found happiness within herself. until one event. five years ago, he had it all. five years later, he is more broken apart from the circumstances that played out. he might of had fame, money, and a mafia business under his name but deep down he was broken. his happiness disappear five years ago that took his heart with her. without her, he's incomplete. he tries to talk to her and she puts him in his place immediately. ❝yours.❞

Sometimes all you gotta do is let someone explain to see the truth. Sometimes you have to make sacrifices just for others to keep living, that's why my mother sent me and 67 other people down to earth. One of those people just so happen to be My enemy, my ex best friend, and the person who hurt me the most. But in a way, coming down to earth changed everything and everyone.

Isabella's father passed away only when she was 7, but he had remarried before he passed. He had married Elizabeth Salvatore who happened to have a daughter named Rebecca. Gabriel, Isabella's father, was a well known fashion designer and Isabella had always wanted to take over her father's boutique, but Elizabeth wouldn't let her. Instead, Elizabeth has her as the maid of the house. All Isabella wants is to be free and find someone who understands her. Prince Nathaniel is the prince of London and soon to be crowned as king. His parents have an arranged marriage planned for him in order to become King. Every male wants to be him and every female wants to be with him. You would think he's the happiest person ever, only he isn't. He wants to find someone who will love him for him, he wants to find his true love. He wants to find someone who understands him. Will they find that person in each other and become more than strangers or will they just stay strangers?

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏 During the day, she's Mae Kazimi, a quiet girl living in the richest part of New York. But during the night, she's Shadow, a well-known and dangerous assassin working for whoever dangles money under her nose. And her latest mission? Kill Alek Russo, the heir to the most ruthless Italian mafia, aka the man who stole her two million dollars from right under her nose. How hard could it possibly be? Alek Russo has been watching Mae Kazimi from the shadows ever since she stepped foot into his domain. And he only has one thing in mind; revenge for killing his brother. Alek Russo wants Mae Kazimi dead. And he wants to kill her himself. As the stars shine brightly in the night and the monsters hidden in the dark finally awaken, a mystery arises. In this tedious game of friend or foe in the dangerous world of blood and violence, which one of them will win? Welcome to the Mafia. Who will make it out alive? (cover made by a friend!)

Evelyn goes to Sicily, Italy for the world championship in boxing, not knowing that it would change her life forever. After her mother left she hasn't cared about anything except boxing, her father, her bestfriend and her boyfriend. At the boxing match she locks eyes with the stranger that will change that, forever. Maxence D'amore is the leader of the biggest mafia in the world. He has never cared about anything, and the rumors has it he is a stone cold fucker. He likes that rumor, it makes him feel powerful, and people fear him because of it. His days consists of fucking girls, getting money, killing people and meetings. Until he meets her. He locks eyes with her at the boxing match and runs after her to try and talk to her. After he helps her out and she thanks him by kicking him in the balls, he doesn't see her for a year, at least not in person. But he has imagined those couple minutes they spent together over and over until her stupid, perfect, ocean blue eyes are imprinted in his mind. A year later Evelyn is back in Italy. The thought of meeting the yellow-eyed, way too perfect, cocky fucker that helped her out after the boxing match last year has definetly crossed her mind. But that's not why she is back. She is on a much bigger mission now, looking for revenge. Will they meet again, and what happens if they do? What is Evelyns mission? And why is she suddenly seeking revenge?

"Are you the only family of Hallie?" The doctor asked him. "Y-yes." He sighed pushing his sweaty hair behind with his tired bloody fingers. "Who are you, may I ask? Her brother?" The doctor asked lowly, his white hair and thick moustache making Bradley sweat. "No. I'm her father." He simply replied. "You seem young. Where is the mother?" The old doctor asked slightly disgusted by Bradley. "Dead." He sniffed. His head started to spin. The doctor was asking too many questions. "I'm sorry to hear that." The doctor cleared his throat mentally slapping himself for asking such a grim question. This made it harder for him to tell this 22 year old boy. "Your daughter has stomach cancer. Last stage." He said softly. His stomach doing back flips looking at Bradley's face fall. "How long does she have doctor?" Bradley shook his head locking his hands above it. "She is dying Bradley. She has about three days to live." Just three days to live. ©Copyrights Reserved.

Rose and Elijah are 17 year old twins. Rose suffers with depression and her parents don't believe her and push her to be perfect. Leading to her starving herself and getting anorexia. One day in school, she faints from not having enough food and is sent to stay in a medical hospital. There she starts to fall for Noah, a former football player from her school that secretly loved her but they have never met before.

ELENORA JANE ROMANO: She is the daughter of the Italian mafia leader Damian Marco Romano and his wife Julia Anee Romano. But the poor baby has lost both her parents on the same day. Well not literally both, her mother died during child birth while her father was devastated due to the loss of the love of his life and blames her for her death. He even refused to see her face after she was born. He goes away to Italy and kills his enemies ruthlessly while his little baby is left with no one. But Damian's brother Angelo steps in and makes sure the child is taken care of and her paternal grandparents step in to take care of her. But in less than two months of her being born she has endured more than what she had to. Without her father or mother by her child she has suffered more. When Damian returns to New York after being threatened by his brother about how big of a disaster it will be if he did not come there, he realises that his little baby has suffered for his sins. He discovers the path of Fatherhood. This is a story about how he realises that innocence is to be protected. A story where the Father-Daughter bond is celebrated. #10 in single father #14 in grandparents

Brielle Newman A 21-year-old girl who was struggling to make life comfortable for herself and her niece, Delilah. Her sister left the baby the minute she could get up and leave the hospital. Brielle hasn't seen her since. She also hasn't seen her parents who walked out on her at 17 or her brother who went to the army and hasn't contacted her for 9 months in counting. Being all by herself she's desperately trying to give Delilah a life she never got to experience. Killian Russell A 24-year-old ruthless CEO who doesn't tolerate negligence or stupidity. He wouldn't blink an eye before firing someone who worked for him for years. Make one mistake and you're done. His parents were extremely proud of his success. He never had a stable relationship. He was once a hit it and quit it guy but now he just lays low as most women throw themselves at him just for his money. Being the richest man in the northeast and second richest in the country he has no time for love. When he finds little Delilah ordering a coffee, he follows her out. She takes him to Brielle, who instantly made something click in Killian, changing their lives forever. Disclaimer: This book is more so about fluff, comedy, and drama (I wrote it as a literal teenager). If you are looking for a bit more ✨spice✨, check out the other books within the Discretion Series. WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT AND EXPLICIT LANGUAGE. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. IF YOU ARE NOT A FAN OF CONTROLLING MEN AND A SEMI-SUBMISSIVE FEMALE LEAD, THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR YOU! I REPEAT, PLEASE DO NOT ENTER THIS BOOK WITH THE INTENTION OF ALREADY NOT LIKING IT AND LEAVING HATE COMMENTS. #2 in Romance - 04/17/18