They gave her one mission. Find the Chicago mob Capo. Get close to him. And kill him. Sent away with nothing but a plan, a carefully built mindset, and a goal she couldn't afford to lose sight of, she knows exactly what she has to do. Until she meets his son. Grey eyes. A charming smile. A face she knows she should forget, but somehow can't. He's supposed to be the enemy. He's a Bertelli. His father is the Capo she was sent to kill, which means he should be nothing more than another name on her list. Another enemy. Nothing more. But the closer she gets to him, the harder it becomes to remember why she was sent there in the first place. And when the woman with raven-black hair ends up tangled in her supposed enemy's sheets, the lines between right and wrong, truth and lies, begin to disappear. She was supposed to get close enough to destroy his family. She never expected him to become the one person she couldn't destroy. Everything between them felt real. Until he discovered it was all a lie.

Book two of the only series DARK ROMANCE Layla Verano is a soft soul in a world that has never been gentle. Soft smile. Bright hair. Brighter clothes. In a world held together by violence, blood, and power, Layla has somehow managed to hold on to the sweetness inside her. Something her father has tried to take from her more times than she can count. He's spent years trying to break her, but when that doesn't work, he decides to give her to someone else. A marriage to a man whose name is followed by whispers. A man feared throughout the Italian mob. A man Layla is certain will be the final thing to destroy her. Luca Romano is the underboss of the Italian mob, and he has no interest in playing husband. He's cold. Gruff. Unapproachable. Smiling isn't something he does, and neither is letting people get close enough to hurt him. So when Layla becomes his soon-to-be wife, Luca expects her to fear him. Instead, she smiles at him. She talks to him. She somehow finds her way past every wall he's spent years building. Her father thought handing Layla over in marriage would finally break her. He was wrong. Because Layla doesn't break. And somewhere along the way, she manages to find her way into Luca's cold heart-leaving the man everyone fears completely powerless against the one person he never saw coming. His sweet wife may just be the death of him.

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 DARK ROMANCE Elisia Delivaga was kidnapped by the Russian mob when she was just a little girl. Torn away from her family, she was forced to learn how to survive. When she finally escapes, she's left to face the scars of her past alone. But she soon realizes that escaping isn't enough. Suddenly thrust into a world where power is everything and weakness can get you killed. She realized in order to heal all her wounds she needed closure and justice for her family. Closure being revenge. Julian Ramano is the Capo of the Italian mob. Grieving the loss of his father who was killed by the Russian mob. His father's death put Julian in a position he had to fight for. Revenge on the Russian mob boss was the only way Julian could handle it. Expect his plans got tangled into a mess when he ran into a woman that stole his attention the second she walked into that club. Eyes that seemed to hold a story he couldn't quite place, no matter how many times he found himself looking into them. They're both after the same man, and despite the tension between them, they realize they might need eachother to get what they want. Even if they didn't start off on the right foot didn't mean they couldn't work together. The only thing Julian struggled with was reaching his goal when all of a sudden he only cared about her. --- Complete but going through MAJOR EDITING

Amara Milano. The powerful and lethal. Tristan Harper. The heartless and deadly. Together, the two would be a force to reckon with. Unstoppable. Untouchable. Unbeatable. But hate had other plans. ... Amara: They say that revenge is an act of passion and vengeance of justice. With enough money, time and vengeance, anybody could be powerful and in this corrupted empire of New York, I was lethal. I spent my entire life seeking justice for everything that was taken from me and my morality quickly faded to gray. Despite that, nothing could have prepared me for a man as heartless as Tristan Steel Harper. But I never lost inside or outside a courtroom and I'd win this too, even if I had to fight for my life. What I never expected was the fire ignited between us and the twisted lies spun in this game. Because this fire could burn everything. Tristan: The need for ruthless control is insatiable and only someone heartless could control this corrupted empire. I was a man who relied on violence, revenge, and brutality to win every battle inside and outside the courtroom. I spent years trying to avenge what I lost and my morals quickly bled into the darkest shades of gray where weapons became my specialty. But I was unprepared for the lethal weapon that was Amara Ruby Milano and I gravely underestimated her. Nothing could stop me from taking my revenge on those who wronged me, even if the person standing in my way was her. Nobody warned me about her dirty little games and I never expected to fall into her trap. The one thing I knew was that her life always belonged to me and if killing Amara Milano was what it would take, then I would shatter her.

Anastasia Vitalio. The Manipulator. Dante Rossi. The Killer. ... Anastasia: Some rise by sin, and some allow their sins to destroy them. In this world, I was the reckoning of those sinners and the salvation for their victims. My life danced on the fine line that divided the corrupted Upper East Side from the ordinary people of this world. Joining hands with the devils I knew was no more than a game of survival to me. Until Dante Rossi came along. Infamously known as one of the most ruthless killers and agents, Dante was a vicious man and a wicked genius. Someone lethal. He had the power to ruin someone at his will, and in this lifetime and every other, he chose me. He was the punishment for all my sins and the redemption for all my crimes. Bound together by the tangled threads of fate, I found flames ignited between us, set to burn us to the ground. Dante would either be my own reckoning or salvation. Perhaps, both. Every shade of all my sins so invitingly wrapped in one. Dante: Intelligence was the strongest weapon in a greedy world like ours. To control and survive in a ravenous city, I learned to make people bend at my will. The easiest way to have someone at your mercy was to find one single thing that could destroy their life. What I never expected was someone with the capability to destroy mine. That someone being Anastasia Cobalt Vitalio. Widely known as one of New York City's most fatal agents, Anastasia was a woman with an unbreakable mind and the allure of a temptress. With the power to make any man crumble at her feet, she was a woman anyone would worship at her command. She was never part of my plan, yet I found myself coming back to her each time I'd escape. She was the answer to all my prayers and the atonement for all my sins; the only one in this world who could make me kneel and repent. She was every shade of sin, all in one. TW: Violence & Murder

Rose Katrina Chen. The Diamond. Kai Warner. The Genius. ... Rose: They say power travels in bloodlines, handed out before birth, but I was born to a world of wicked games with an entire empire at my feet. In the heart of a city entangled in corruption, I was labeled the diamond of New York's elite. A diamond so sharp it could cut you, so lethal it could kill you, and yet so desired. My friends were chosen for me and my enemies, already made. The worst of them? Kai Warner. A sinful genius. A devilish mastermind. The dangers of a man like Kai were well known in our world, but no matter how many times I escaped him, a cruel twist of irony led me right back to him. For Kai was the fate I couldn't run from and the reckoning of all my violent sins. Kai: There is no greater genius without some touch of madness... and I was as mad as they came. A wicked genius. A mastermind. Born to a family of wealth and strategy, my enemies were chosen for me. In the underworld of a city steeped in secrets and vendettas, I thrived on control and manipulation. I was used to getting my way, and no one ever dared to challenge me. Except her. As gorgeous as a diamond, as lethal as poison. Rose Chen. Wielding power at her fingertips, she could make anyone bend at her will but her heart chose mine in every single lifetime. Ours was a tempting game of cat and mouse where she was my prey and my prize. She was the fate I couldn't escape and the addiction I couldn't give up. For she was the salvation of all my violent sins.

Book 5.5! 19-year old Winter is on the hunt for vampires. Not any vampires, just one group in particular. After growing up in a family of vampire hunters and losing all contact with them, Winter makes it her life goal to track down every single vampire there the night her family home burned to the ground six years ago. With no family left, and nowhere to go, Winter searches for answers and revenge all in one. Her search sometimes leads to making vampire friends, and other times leads to eradicating an entire clan. Her one purpose is to find those responsible, get answers on her missing family's status- dead or simply missing- and kill any involved in her whole world burning falling apart. Thaddeus is one of the oldest vampires in the world, set on a mission to take over and replace The Elders, the supernatural government that has grossly overstepped their boundaries and operated on unethical means to maintain their power while losing sight of caring for their people. It isn't his first attempt at overthrowing the powerful force, but as his list of allies grow, so does his list of complications. Between maintaining relationships with his new allies, protecting the key pieces in his plan, and trying to coax a long lost supernatural out of hiding, he has no time for anything else. Especially not the vampire-hunting human his brother associates with. Winter and Thaddeus find their paths crossing more than either of them like. They butt heads, threaten and attempt to kill each other, and find through all their conflict that there is something underneath. An unwanted camaraderie, an unfortunate mutual understanding of the others motivations, and most inconveniently, a draw to each other that takes time away from their firm ambitions. On the matter of the greater good or love, both have to choose which means more to them.

*TBD*

"What would you like me to play; The violin or your pussy?" • • • He lived on the street. They called him a tramp. He slept with trash and found his meals in the garbage. Nobody knew who he was. Melody knew the moment she met him, something about him was off. Something about him was missing. Impassive and unpredictable, he always lurked around, his hulking figure a wandering question mark on the streets of New York. But give him a violin and watch him play...

"Guns and sex... that's what you are." • • • Rya Wilkins is a top trained agent, working under the orders of the president of USA. Her job involves brutal interrogations, dangerous undercover CIA work, and killing people who pose a threat to their nation. - And a threat like that just so happens to come in the form of a lethal and dangerously handsome Italian agent, who managed to break into the CIA and steal confidential information. It is now Rya's job to retrieve that information and stop the goddamn mischievous, sexy, son of a-I'm-going-to-make-your-body-explode-in-more-ways-than-one agent and bring him into custody. But there's a thin line between hatred and love - and that line turns out to be Rya's thong.