The Fated Series. Book #1. "A single minute without her in my arms and it felt like a lifetime." - Mateo Ramos My name is Mateo Adam Ramos. To most, it means nothing. But to the right people? My name sends a shiver down their spine. It's a name wrapped in blood, a legacy of violence and power-of a family that clawed its way to the top and left bodies in its wake. When you hear my name, you don't ask questions. You run. That was supposed to be my life: uphold the reputation, live up to the blood in my veins. Simple, right? Then she came along. A girl with soft brown eyes, a heart too good for this world, and a soul that gleams with everything I've tried to bury. She's goodness wrapped in temptation, a light I should be running from, not toward. But here I am, caught like a moth in her flame, my newest and most dangerous weakness. I wasn't supposed to care. I wasn't supposed to want anything more than power and control. But fate doesn't give a damn about my plans-or my family's rules. And now I'm tangled up in her, breaking every rule I was born to follow, chasing something that could ruin us both. This is the story I never wanted to tell. The story of a man born to lead, who's now risking everything to follow one woman. Watch me try to rewrite my fate... and see how much blood I'm willing to spill to keep her safe. # 1 - goodstory 1/28/23 # 1 - amor 6/16/23 #2 - loveatfirstsight 6/4/24

Fated Series. Book #2 "Be possessive of me, own me, keep me, because if you do then nothing and no one else can." - Maddox. My name is Maddox Vallero, and I'm dead. Well, that's not quite true. I'm alive in the breathing, walking, talking sense-but that's about where it ends. The ghosts in my head remind me daily that I'm just a shell. Physically present, mentally shattered. For years, I've let time slip past, ticking away like I'm still trapped in that coffin, six feet under, slowly losing pieces of myself. I gave up long before I even opened my eyes this morning. So when you see me smiling, promising you the world, it's all a lie. And you'll believe it, because I'm that good. Lying, cheating, tricking-it's my game. I'm a master at making you trust in the illusion, even as I turn around and steal everything back. But somewhere along the line, I tricked myself. Now, I don't know where my lies end and the truth begins. My sanity's as fragile as the mask I wear. Then she walked in. The executive assistant I was forced to hire-a woman who sees straight through me. I lie, and she calls me on it. I grin, and she tells me to drop the act. She's the one person who refuses to fall for my games, who somehow slips past every defense I've ever built. And with her, I'm starting to see the shadows I live among. Sounds simple? It's not. Life has its own twisted sense of humor, and fate is a cunning fox that delights in making things messy. I want her, but I've got attachment issues that could bury us both. She wants me, but her commitment issues make her run every time. And together, we're tangled in pasts that haunt us, presents that hurt, and futures that we're terrified to face. This is the story of what happens when two broken people collide, each one daring the other to start taking risks.