She was never his to take, but he claimed her anyway. In the ruthless Baldwin world, power is law, and obsession consumes all. A young girl, stripped of freedom, becomes their prey in a brutal game of possession. Ray, the cold heir, burns with twisted desire to own her. Azar, the rebel, fights to make her submit. To the Baldwins, she is more than a girl-she's their obsession, their fortune, their possession. In a house ruled by darkness, love is a weapon, escape is a lie, and only one will win. But will it be the right one-or the wrong?

Alexander Storm. A man who understood only the language of business, he considered everything a business deal except for his family. For his siblings he could use any twisted way to get them what they wanted even if the way was far from mortality and ethics. And by using twisted ways of his he again did something for his brother which crashed his well planned life with an innocent yet hot headed woman. Serenity Gomez. She gritted her teeth glaring at the smirking man who knew she wouldn't deny this offer. "Not everything is a business deal Mr. Storm, some relationships are more than that!" The man chuckled benting his face a bit down staring right in her eyes. "Yes, but you forgot one thing," He whispered letting his smirk widen. "I don't have that relationship with you. You're nothing for me." That's the exact words he wished to keep yet he couldn't. SPIN OFF EX-WIFE CONTAINING ALEXANDER STORM'S SIDE STORY

The Promise by E.L. Beth "Save my son..." Those were her sister's final words-words that shattered Tori's world and bound her to a promise she couldn't walk away from. Left with nothing but grief and a dying vow, Tori's only purpose is to rescue her young nephew from the clutches of the man who now has him-a man known only as his uncle. Cold. Dangerous. Untouchable. He rules with silence and fear, and whispers of his cruelty stretch far beyond his reach. Tori is ready to risk it all. But what she finds isn't just a man hardened by the world... it's a force of nature who doesn't take kindly to threats or strangers. He claims the boy is his. That Tori is too late. But Tori refuses to back down. Lines blur. A promise becomes a battleground. And in the middle of it all, two broken souls collide. She came to save a child... She never expected to lose herself. A story of fierce promises, unrelenting danger, and a love that should never have been.

**𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐳** Panic surges through me, and before I know it, I'm turning on my heel, trying to run, to escape the impending punishment. I barely make it a few steps before I feel his hand clamp down on my hair, yanking me back with terrifying force. "Going somewhere, little girl?" "P-please let g- ahh! Please! H-Hurts me!" "Afraid, are we now, baby?" His voice is a snarl now, filled with fury. "L-leave m-me," tears sting my eyes, but I refuse to let them fall. I'm scared of him, scared of what he'll do to my friend, scared of what he'll do to me. His grip on my hair tightens and I wince, choking back a sob. "Oh, why? Don't you like my hands on you, baby?" He mocks hurt that instantly turns back into anger. "But you were fine when that fucker touched you, ain't that right?" Then he pulls a silver knife out of his suit, twirling it lazily between his ink-covered knuckles and my blood freezes at the sight of that psychotic grin. ***** People quaked with fear at the sound of his name and me along with them. He was Demetrios 'the God' Nikolayev and he was first in command of Russian mafia. He was a true psychopath who enjoyed hurting people, and I hated him for that. The worst thing - he owned me. "Try to accept the darkness, because from now on, it will be your only light." I tried so hard, but I couldn't understand it back then. How possibly can darkness be light? ***** This is not a vanilla romance but a dark, toxic, perverted, obsessive story. The book contains mature themes such as foul language, bdsm, sexual and abusive content, kinks, blood, manipulation, etc. Please keep that in mind.

"I hate you. I hate you so much! You chain me to the table to eat. You chain me to the bed when I sleep. You chain me for anything that takes longer than fifteen fucking minutes!" He stared at me. A growing smile appearing on his face. "I like seeing that I'm in control of you. That there isn't a place that you can run from me. That you will never be able to fight back," I stared back at him, my chest rising up and down as I was trying to control my breathing from my outburst. "That you're mine." Natalie Hunt wanted a nice and quiet senior year after the terrifying events from the summer. After seeing what a monster he was, she had every intention of staying away from her ex-boyfriend, Evan Hale. Evan Hale...had other things in mind for their senior year.

Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

When a girl shows him the only love he's had in his life, an obsession begins. "Please, please no." she whimpered, horror-struck when he came near. He looked at the knife fondly, then at her. "My beautiful Evelyn, you have hurt me. I have punished myself already for hurting you, now it's time for yours." She tried to run, but he was faster, he grabbed her tender arm and threw her onto the bed, leaning over her. "No please no!" she begged, tears fell down her face silently as she sobbed. He set the knife down and sat on her; he grabbed her hands roughly and pulled them over her head. He grabbed the knife and set it at her wrists. "Honestly love I don't want to do this but you misbehaved and I just can't let you get away with that." A piercing pain hit her wrists, as the metallic frame became tainted with her crimson blossoms. She screamed out in pain, he only muted her with his lips. He slit her wrists again and again; the blood seeping into the blankets, her cries became louder. "Tell me you love me!" he yelled. "Tell me and I'll stop!" Alicyn Night (A.Horton) Copyright © All Rights Reserved 2014

"You helped me through tough times... Now help me forever..... Unedited

"First you captivated me... then you held me captive." Evelyn was like most college-aged girls working a part-time job when she met Caleb, who came in to her life when she wanted him least but needed him most. He captivated her. By the end of summer, she had fallen in love with him. It was then that he wanted her to meet his parents. And that's when everything changed. Caleb was not the man Evelyn thought he was. He came from a secluded village that did things much differently from the rest of society. Isolated in one of the most sparsely populated areas of the country, it was as if they live in their own little world. They were a traditional village for the most part, but there were some aspects that they did much differently than any other, especially in the ways of courtship. It didn't take long for Evelyn to realize one thing: once you were brought home to meet the parents, there was no escape.

Her smoky charcoal eyes met his coffee-colored ones. And just like that an obsession was born.