Rain's life is turned upside down when her sister disappears and her father starts drinking too much. Her mother owes a lot of money to a dangerous Mafia group and offers Rain as payment! But Rain has secrets - scars that run deeper than the ones on her skin. Whispers of a traumatic past echo in her mind, haunting her every step. She thought she'd left it all behind, but the shadows of her history lurk, waiting to pounce. Angelo Moretti, the ruthless Mafia boss, takes an unsettling interest in Rain. His gaze pierces through her defenses, seeing beyond the façade she's built. He's a master manipulator, using his power and influence to keep her trapped. Yet, amidst the cruelty and control, Angelo shows Rain fleeting moments of tenderness. A gentle touch, a soft word, a glimmer of understanding in his eyes. It's a dangerous game, one that Rain can't afford to play. For in Angelo's world, love and loyalty are luxuries she can't afford. Will Rain survive the treacherous landscape of the Mafia, or will Angelo's care for her become her ultimate downfall? Can she confront the darkness of her past and break free from the shackles of her present, or will the shadows consume her forever?

"Останови машину," I commanded. (Stop the car) The driver, whose name I'd forgotten, obeyed. Stepping out, I walked towards the boys, hearing their laughter and insults. I jogged over, drawing my gun from the holster at my waist, and snapped, "Тебя никто не учил манерам?" (Did no one ever teach you any manners?) The color drained from their faces, and they scattered. Approaching the corner where they had been standing, my heart clenched. There, on the cold ground, lay a girl, shivering in nothing but a dirty, torn t-shirt. ♡♡︎♡︎ A small, naive girl with no shelter. A feared mafia boss known as the Angel of Death...What will happen when their paths cross?

Lilith, a naive and innocent girl is met face to face with the Italian Don, Riot De Luca. She manages through his controlling and demanding ways, and they soon find themselves managing through their lives with one another. mature| toxic| may have triggering things, beware| Book 1 of The De Luca series.

Novella has been mine from the moment I laid my eyes on her. I always kept watch, biding my time, waiting for the right moment to claim her. Finding her unconscious, covered in blood on the bathroom floor of her home is where I draw the line though. Watching is over. It's time to claim her. And while I claim her, I'll hunt down the man who touched her and make him pay. He'll be the first example of what happens to anyone who touches my woman.

Rhodes is an intimidating man, with no expression to match your attempted humor. But his art is like no other, a talented tattoo artist he gave people their wishes but better, making something permanent, merely impossible to regret. There was only one thing to make Rhodes soft, a gorgeous woman he studied like a student did before an exam, analyzing who she hung with, who she spoke to, hoping none of the interactions were genuine although they were. With the kindness that reminds one of a warm summer day, Cecelia serves Rhodes merely everyday at the local pub she waitresses for, his order the same every time to where she forgot his voice completely after the first time. After finding out where he works, she's determined to get him to speak, after all, he was the only one who she thought to be a bit strange. Little did she know he'd been watching her for months. Loving her from afar.

Enid is moving across the world to attend university. Away from all that she knows, she soon finds herself at the center of three men's unyielding attention. Three men who are her professors. Inexperienced and innocent, she is the exact opposite of these dark, possessive men. And she is everything they've always wanted.

Book 1 in Dominant Series • Mia has spent most of her life in an orphanage-sheltered and with little joy. Shortly after her eighteenth birthday, however, she meets Damien, who sends her world spinning. Dominant and gorgeous, Damien is the kind of man who doesn't take no for an answer-whereas no is the only answer Mia has ever gotten. Having already experienced enough pain in her life, it's no wonder Mia is skeptical about getting close to someone...especially someone like him.

Thalia Kennedy is a positive ball of sunshine, she likes dirty jokes and smiling whenever. When she meets a man, the complete opposite of her she immediately takes a liking to him and wants to be the one to teach him how to enjoy the little things is life. Heath Jackson was a complicated man in many ways, from his complicated past to his guaranteed complicated future, he was never able to run away from his silent fears he'd face alone. He was closed off and hated the thought of even interacting with people, until someone was heavenly brought in to save him. --------------------------- "I'm thinking" He tells me and I frown. Is it really that hard to think about something nice about me? "I like your lips" He finally answers with a sly smirk on his face thinking he did something. "Which ones?" I ask before I could stop myself and bite my lip. "Don't you dare answer that" I point my finger at him, the smirk still on his face. ----------------------- #3 in cold 7/11/22 #1 in sarcasm 8/10/22

Penelope pouts her lips and squeezes her eyeballs shut, scrunching her nose. "What the hell are you doing?" "I'm thinking." "Looks like a lot of effort to think." ~~ Penelope is a local sunshine girl trying to get through life and make friends. She's always optimistic and tries to find the best in people, even if those people, are the ones that hurt her. Parker is a grumpy, mechanic. His mind is always racing and body always tense. He doesn't express himself way others do. He's cold, and arrogant, until a little sunshine comes into his life.

When Stella was given a choice her senior year of high school to choose between the man she thought she loved and their unborn child... the choice was simple. Now a single mother of a beautiful five year old girl, life was finally starting to look up. Recently graduating college and starting a new job, life throws another curve ball her way and Stella's forced to go to the man she hates most in this world in hopes to save her little girl. When Stella's at her lowest, a handsome stranger decides to introduce himself. Will he be good for Stella and her daughter or will he be just another disappointment?