Strong-willed, badass and bounded by the chains of an arranged marriage, Isabela Arias dreams of the freedom to live and love as she chooses. Being sold to the Italian mafia wasn't exactly on Isabela's to do list... As she's forced to navigate the ropes of her new lifestyle, she must also resist the urge for her brooding, stoic bodyguard. Her forbidden fruit. Her sin. Her death sentence. -- Guarding a stubborn, fierce princess wasn't a part of Julian's game plan, but life always like to throw hiccups in your path. While Julian intended to only guard the princess, he soon is forced to hide the desires for a woman he can't have. His boss's fiancé. Soon to be Queen. Unexpected and forbidden, falling for her seals his own demise... is true love truly the greater of all evils? Or does duty always win?

A marriage based on lies, in order for him to protect the one he loves. But who will protect her if she is not the one he loves? What could go wrong? When in this marriage, one tries to forget while the other tries to find a piece of love. *** -Jay Rose "You were never mine to lose, but i lost you all the same." -Katarina (Ginger) "I almost wish we never meet." -Miles Salvador "The most beautiful part is,I wasn't even looking when I found you." -Hanna Martini "I just happened to be the villain, but not in my story." -Unknown "Смерть - последний барьер, разделяющий нас." *** This is a sequel to "In The Name Of Family", but it can be read as a stand alone, since just the main male character and his family were in the first book.

Danielle wanted to keep one thing locked away: her past. But that promise soon crumbles when a new face arrives on campus. Hockey forward, Hunter, is the newest player on the team. And he happens to be the one thing Danielle needs to avoid. At least that's what she thought. When he becomes her bestfriend's new roommate, she has no choice. His cocky attitude and confidence in the rink is all it takes for him to take the team by storm. He had hundreds of other girls throwing themselves at him, but he would not quit it with her. He's determined to find out what's behind Danielle's attitude and disliking towards him. As her past starts to unravel, Danielle is skating on thin ice. This time with her heart on the line. 1 MILLION READS [November 13, 2022] 2 MILLION READS [January 18, 2023] 3 MILLION READS [June 12, 2023] #5 in hockey 7/10/22 #1 in enemiestolovers 12/17/22 #6 in college 8/30/22 Started [Jun 2022] Finished [Oct 2022]

Suited for an audience 18 and older. Read at your own discretion. *** "Don't think for a second I don't hate you any less because we're married," I hiss out. Seeing Gabriel's growing smirk only pisses me off more. "If I knew what I was signing up for when I agreed to this then I would have ripped that stupid contract up the first chance I got." My sentence trails off when Gabriel takes another step towards me, then another until he's towering over me. I can feel how huge my eyes become when he slams my back to the bathroom door, wrapping his hand around my throat and pressing it to the wood. A gasp escapes me when Gabriel squeezes it, squeezing until I'm panting for every breath. I can already feel my body betraying me, though. My words may be telling him how much I despise him, but my body knows what the truth is and it shows from the growing arousal between my legs. "Don't be so crude, princesa," Gabriel mutters, forcing my head back to stare into his blazing brown eyes. "Let's not forget that we're a happily married couple. So I suggest you walk into that meeting with a smile on your face... Unless you'd rather have them all listen to me fuck the attitude out of you instead." ***

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。 We smiled and caught our breaths. He looked me in the eyes and said- "Mi Reina. It means my Queen." .・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。 Violet lilac- Loud talkative extrovert. Even with a rough past, still following her, she can make almost anyone smile. Liam james- A quiet, rude, and intimidating guy. Hates most people except his close circle of friends. Has a lot of inner demons, he doesn't let anyone see. Liam catches violet from falling, and immediately hates her. She talks to much and is too happy. But even though he "hates her" he cant seem to get away from her or forget her. Will they hate eachother? Or will somebody fall for someone their supposed to hate..? - -ˋˏ ༻✿༺ ˎˊ- ・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。

What does it mean to be a family? More so, what lengths do we go to for family? Sienna D'Angelo was a regular girl with an unusual upbringing. She always felt out of place in her lifestyle, though it wasn't until he mothers death where she found out who she truly was. She was brought into a world of violence and death at the hands of finding her father, whilst meeting a breathtaking Italian mobster who she just can't seem to stay away from. Entering this merciless world would ensure a dangerous life for herself but what she didn't know was how quick her old life would fall apart. Welcome to the Mafia, will you make it out alive?

She's a fifteen-year-old girl who killed her "father" in self-defense and lied about it to the police. She thinks she has no other family members and now she has nowhere to live but the police tell her she was kidnapped from her real family when she was little and she has six older brothers. Now that she has to go live with them, she can sense they're all hiding something from her. But what could it be?

"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves." - Confucius Three of Stonewall Private Academy's most eligible bachelors- Ayden, Asher, and Roman. Between them, their families own almost all of the city with dirty money and even dirtier secrets. A group of the town's most affluent, sought-after, untouchable boys all in one school, under one roof, corrupted by one girl and poorly placed convictions. What happens when one girl's mission to destroy a family uncovers so much more?

Natasha Perez mafia princess of Europe, an assassin everyone fears her but under that there's a broken girl wanting to be loved she is only 18 her father brings up on her 18th birthday that she has to get married to become the leader of her mafia. Vincent Roman 22 Leader of the Italian mafia everyone fears him he isn't afraid of anyone and without hesitation would kill some if they dared to look at him a certain way, but for her he would kill die because she was his weakness...

noun: weakness. /ˈwēknəs/ -a person or thing that one is unable to resist or likes excessively.