Part of the 'The Cost of Blood' Collection. This can be read as a stand-alone - - - "I do not love you and I don't want you anywhere near me. You are merely a business deal that will make me and my mafia more powerful" Vincenzo scorns as he roughly grips my chin so I can't look away from him. "I understand" I whisper gently as I stare into his cold, brown eyes. - - - Alexandria Rayne Castillo, the daughter of the Italian don and a medical student in America, would do anything for her family even if that means giving up everything. Vincenzo Lombardo is the new don of the Sicilian Mafia, after he watched his mother die all he cares about is his mafia and how he could improve it. He is known as vicious and destructive. What will happen when Vincenzo father arranges a marriage between the two?

His kisses are intoxicating. They render me speechless every time, without fail. And this time was no exception. He walked us backwards a few steps until I was pressed against the door. His hands came up to the sides of my face, as if to hold me in place. I was so drunk on his touch that I didn't know if my mind was racing, or if it was completely blank. He was devouring me with this kiss. He was ruining me.

His hips snapped against mine in one smooth move and my eyes burned behind my lids as his big member stretched my virgin hole with no care. The movement slowed gradually until I started to feel something other than pain but when he lowered his eyes to look at where we were connected all the motion stopped. I laid there mute as he brought his eyes back to me with a look of disbelief. "Are u a virgin?" His voice stuttered momentarily before he steeled his eyes. I thinned my lips, feeling guilty not telling him but knowing that I would have not stopped him even if I had a chance to tell him. He pulled out of me and sat on the bed with his hands in his face, anger and displeasure rolling off of him in waves. I made myself sit upright, right in front of him, and reached to touch his hand, but he slapped my hand away. I was hurting and he couldn't see that. I started to speak, "I'm sorry I should have told you earlier and -". He held my wrist tightly in his hands and yelled. "Earlier? This shouldn't have happened in the first place, Amelia. This was a mistake." . . . I'm Amelia smith and I have decided to let my fears fade away to pursue my future career. I have never broken a promise I made to my dad, but today I committed a mistake, a big one, considering that I can't let my dad know this was also a mistake, but I can't let my cover go down. . . . Will she fall for the caring and possessive teacher or for the hot playboy or for her childhood best friend? Want to know? Continue this journey with sweet and innocent Amelia.

He trapped me on the wall he placed his hands on either side of my head, his eyes were locked on mine,his deep blue eyes has so much desire and need I lowered my head not wanting to look at him, one of his hand left the wall and he lifted my chin. " You look so beautiful when you are shy". He said with a deep voice and his gaze lowered to my lips and I bit my lower lip in nervousness, " you don't know what you do to me whenever you bit your lip". He said this in a more deeper voice. And I felt butterflies in my tummy, " I badly want to kiss you" he told me with a hoarse voice before I could say anything I felt his lips crashed on mine the kiss was slow and gentle but yet it was a hungry_like_kiss I was first at shock but I recovered quickly and kissed him back I entwined my hands around his neck while he placed his hand on my waist and pulled me close to him I felt my body pressed against his broad chest, the kiss deepened and I open my mouth ever slightly for our tounge to entwine I felt the pleasure pouring out on my body, I ache my body on him and I can feel him smirk in the kiss.

"I know that we will never be a real couple, but we can at least be nice to each other Aneel" I told him. I've had enough. Tears were starting to prick my eyes, but I didn't let them fall. He looked over at me in a weird expression. Like if I died in front of him, he wouldn't care. "You don't get it, do you?! I. will. never. love. you! I will never care for you. You wait, every day, for me to come home and have dinner with you like normal couples do- you are pathetic. You are nothing! Absolutely nothing to me. You are not even worth my words. You are a loser who has nobody- your parents? They are just like me. They knew that you were worthless and wanted to get rid of you" he said angrily. I was not angry at him. He was telling the truth. I'm nothing. Never was, never will. I nodded. He was right. He was so damn right. Sahra Ali is eighteen years old when she gets married. It was not a marriage out of love, no, she was forced into it. Shre grew up being abused. Her parents sold her for money. No parent would do that, so are her so called parents her real parents? She is trying to survive this marriage, because she believes in Allah and knows that He had a good reason that He gave her all these pain. Aneel Osman is a badboy who wants nothing to do with Islam. He was a muslim when he was younger, but when something bad happened, he blamed Allah for it. Deep inside he knows that it is wrong, but shoves that thought away. He began doing the things Allah prohibited. There was no one to hold onto or to pull him out. He kept falling and falling. And when he has to deal with that girl his parents wants him to marry, he is losing himself more and more. Read the description in the book for the fully version! This is a short draft! ~ Salaam guys, this story is edited! Almost everything has CHANGED and it is now a mature story. I like how it turned out. Thank you for all your support! It still contains small grammar mistakes. You have been warned:)

Every high schooler says that high school is hell, but for an eighteen-year-old, Isla, it really is. For someone who is so sweet and pure she doesn't deserve the torment she obtains daily at school. Her social life is thrown down the drain freshman year when her ex-best friend gets rejected by one of the school's bad boys because he is interested in Isla instead. After three years of being bullied and not having a single friend, things start to change when the school's three bad boys decide they aren't going to allow Isla to suffer alone anymore. With the attention, Isla is receiving from the school's bad boys her ex-best friend wants to destroy her even more and bring down her new friends. As things start to look up for Isla, tragedy hits her family and her whole world comes tumbling down causing pain and conflict between Isla, her family, and her new friends. With new responsibilities that no high schooler should have, Isla tries her best to make it through each day. Will her new friends stay by her side or will they turn out to be like everyone else? With secrets, lies, hate, tragedy, friendship, high school crushes, fighting, and love will Isla be able to make it through her senior year, or will she let it bury her alive? **This is not your typical story** Updates: Completed Ranked #1 in #Newadult on June 14, 2022

When a road trip goes wrong, Georgia finds herself trapped inside Maythorne Manor with four hot boys and a secret. She knows they're dangerous but will that stop her from falling in love? And when they tell her she is one of them, is it too late to run? A house of sexy boys. She starts to see past their appearances... the jackass, the playboy, the rebel, the best friend... and soon finds herself wrapped in an all-consuming romance, a dark mystery and a family worth killing for. All Rights Reserved Copyright 2020

"I have this strong urge to kiss you." he said as his eyes flicked to my lips and then back to my eyes. I felt my heartbeat increasing and my knees were starting to feel weak by his closeness. I wet my lips, "Uh...no one is around. There is no need." I said through the lump in my throat. "I know, but I just want to." he said as he crashed his lips to mine. ~~~~~~ Emily Samuels was devastated when she found her boyfriend of a year cheating on her. She was angry and hurt that she swore she would never forgive him. Logan has apologised to her and said it was a mistake, but Emily did not want to hear it. She also turned him down when he begged for her back. Logan's plea for her has gotten consistent that Emily wanted him to stop, so she did something that she hadn't expected to do... She kissed the school's player and heartthrob; Tyler King. She only did that to let Logan see that she has moved on. Tyler, on the other hand, got an idea, so he strike a deal with Emily - To pretend that they were dating. Spending a lot of time with the player has allowed Emily to see the real Tyler. Would their fake-dating be just that; fake? Or would it turn out to be real? ****** Amazing cover made by @thalassophile00

Sequel to Player Next Door. Millie Ripley is in too deep. Her relationship with the Dawson brothers is creating waves, a mystery blackmailer is out to ruin her life and... she's still trying to make it through high school. What happened to being invisible? (c) copyright 2020 All Rights Reserved. Stay chill, N

[#1 Teen Fiction | #1 in Romance] Bad boy Luke Dawson is stuck living with clumsy nobody Millie Ripley for the summer. When she ran over his most prized possession, her world changed. She had to pay him back for every dime of damages, and the favors he called in weren't just about money. She had to pay him back, and everyone knows how payback is a... This is a love story. Hot boys like Luke Dawson never pay attention to nobodies like Millie. But here they were, two kids from opposite ends of the chain, set to turn the whole hierarchy upside down. Because no one can stop attraction. When opposite attract, the spontaneous reaction can be a combustion or a downright explosion. With Luke, my money's on the explosion. We're talking public humiliation, roller-coaster emotions, drama among cliques, prissy sisters, crazy mothers and a whole lot of hotness from resident bad boy and neighbor, Luke Dawson. And FYI, (c) copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved. Stay chill, N