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The Devil's Redemption | ✓ by mdelicate
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𝐌𝐢𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐳. Even being born right next to the cruel and sick crime life never changed the charismatic and positive Mia who wanted to help change the messy world she formed part off. Becoming a nurse at the age of 25 and joining her dad at the clinic seemed like the best opportunity to reach that dream. Or at least that's what she thought until she found 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐨. Born in the same wealthy crime life Carlos' focus was quite different. After a rough past filled with many loses his seek in life turned into nothing more than revenge. The search of those who pained him in an attempt of finding some kind of redemption could only be put at risk by 𝐡𝐞𝐫. book two of The Devil's series covers by bellesandbooksdesign (on insta) this story is not mafia related! ............................................................. She was everything he needed but also everything he forbid himself to have. When she entered that room and introduced herself as his nurse it was the day everything changed. He knew there was no way he could let himself feel 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 again but sometimes not even the strongest mind is able to leave emotions behind. ............................................................. #1 on grumpysunshine #3 on darkromance
Pride and Prejudice (1813) by JaneAusten
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The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.
Omerta by Heartmyart
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When there's an attempt on Gia TerraNova and her family's lives she's forced into sheltering at the big boss of the Italian mobs home. She'll have to share space with both Luciano brothers whose reputations aren't good ones. When Gia becomes suspicious of these new found attacks she starts down a dangerous road to find answers. But what's more dangerous for Gia? Nicolas Luciano or the answers someone really doesn't want to have found. -Dark Romance- (A Shade Darker series) (Stand alone read)
Tangled Hearts  by sweet_desire2005
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She thought she was just taking a job. He thought he was losing everything. But neither of them expected what came next. When Elise Monroe, a kindhearted young woman with a talent for calming even the most anxious child, accepts a live-in nanny position for a reclusive millionaire, she believes it's the chance of a lifetime. A beautiful estate, a quiet four-year-old girl, and generous pay-it all seems too good to be true. And it is. Sebastian Hale is in the middle of an unraveling. His wife, Caroline , has fallen out of love with him but keeps him dangling with just enough affection to break his heart over and over again. She wants nothing to do with their daughter, only showing up when it benefits her image. Elise walks into this fractured home unaware of the emotional minefield she's about to cross. But secrets, jealousy, and ghostly memories of an ex-wife threaten to tear them apart before they ever truly begin. In a mansion filled with whispered regrets and tender moments, will they fight for the family they never knew they needed? Loving someone who's still clinging to a ghost can be the most dangerous love of all.
Drink To My Darkness by CynBurnsGold
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Rael is a billionaire heir cursed with a savage rage-touch what he claims, and he will lose himself in a storm of blood and fire. Only one thing can stop the chaos: Cyana. Her presence. Her milk. Once a servant's daughter-fierce, untouchable, and ruthlessly beautiful-she's now the fragile lifeline tethering his darkness. If anyone tries to take her, he won't hesitate to burn everything to ashes.
Milk & Gunpowder by CynBurnsGold
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He was born for war. She was built to heal. But when his mouth finds comfort in her breast, the line between hunger and need begins to blur. A mafia king, bleeding and broken. A doctor with a body that won't stop giving. Love was never supposed to feel like this-desperate, raw, and addictive.
Betrothed (currently being edited) by neonblonde1
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Carina Romanov is a 27 year old business woman. Her Russian parents, Boris and Nadia Romanov, adopted her when she was 5 from an orphanage in New York. Ever since then she has called Brighton Beach her home. She had seen and heard many things through the years but what made Carina a favorite was the fact that she was loyal and trustworthy. She never revealed any of what she'd been privy to. When her parents decided to retire she took over Romanov's, their restaurant, remodeled it and made it an even more popular spot among the locals, especially anyone in organized crime. When Carina was 10 her mother told her that she would be betrothed to someone in Russia. Dimitri Alexandrov. Their families had been connected for many years and because Carina had been in this type of life for years it was not a shock to her. For 17 years she would get letters, phone calls and sometimes packages from Dimitri but she'd never met the man. She was always told that one day he would just show up and her new life would begin...but until then she would have to settle for images that the sound of his voice would invoke, learn to trust him to keep her safe and forgive those closest to her for keeping her in the dark regarding her adoption. She would soon be in danger from things she didn't even know about, from people she didn't even know and a biological father who wanted her dead. *All characters are purely fictional.
𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐋 by xrk07x
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[COMPLETED] _____________________________________________ "You're worth more than a fucking deal, Amara." _____________________________________________ It all started with a secret deal. A deal that should have meant nothing yet meant everything. Xavier Hernandez, the Italian mafia Don. The title was given to him at a young age being only 16 and now he's carrying the weight of leading a mafia at the age of 20. He's a man who is feared by many and is known for being merciless, ruthless, strong and powerful. He would shoot you between the eyes if you dared to look at him the wrong way. His cold hearted soul has never met the warm touch of another, has never experienced the warm feeling known as love. Amara Sánchez, the Spanish mafia princess. A woman who is sarcastic yet stubborn at times. She is the youngest out of her family being the age of 18 and has a lot of responsibility in her hands as her father is the Spanish mafia Don. She is known to be kind hearted, considerate and a goddess . Her warm heart has yet to touch ones cold heart that seeks the feeling of love. Both complete opposites. What happens when opposites attract? Will it end up in heartbreak or will it lead to a new found love? What happens when the past reveals itself? What happens when the truth is revealed? What will happen when promises are broken? _____________________________________________ //tw please read book with caution// •contains sexual content• started: 14/08/21 finished: 12/12/21 #1 trauma: 29/11/21 #2 arranged marriage: 14/12/21 #3 Italian: 3/12/21 #2 badboy: 11/12/21 #3 enemiestolovers: 14/12/21 #2 alliance: 30/5/25 #4 Spanish: 23/8/25
Conspiracy Theories✔️ by jagijongin
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Favorite conspiracy theories explained. Enjoy✖️ if you want to hear someone talk about conspiracy theories that everyone is using in their books, go check out https://www.youtube.com/user/shane "The new conspiracy theory is that I'm a woman and I'm transitioning."
Francesca Romano by Brianna_luvvv
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Finally making her dream come true of becoming a doctor and making her mother proud Francesca begins to believe her life is complete. After what she had been through with her father and seen how her mother was treated by him she never cared for love or liked men besides her brother in general. The passing of her father was strange but not one person in her life was hurt by his death. But life goes left when she starts falling for the De'Luca's. One a stranger she quickly wishes she left as a stranger and nothing more, she said she'd give up on love, but, the other was always there when he wasn't. And Francesca saw something in him no one else could. When it comes down to twins like the 'De Luca's' nothing breaks them. But can Francesca's desire change that?