"Our blood oath never dies... until we do." Ardriano Rossi and Antonina Accardi are destined to be partners, in life and the mob. Born as the next in line to lead the most powerful families of all, they share a bond that can't be broken until one of them disappears without a trace. Maisy Taylor is an ordinary woman, living a quiet life in a Southern California beach town until the day she is kidnapped and wakes up in the middle of a gangster movie nightmare. They keep calling her 'Nina', but how does she prove she's not the woman they think she is or is she? Adriano has longed for his lost soulmate since she was taken by her mother when he was just a boy. Now finding her is more than just a longing, he needs her to save his father's honor and the family's reputation and Nina is the key. Will a promise made by two young children long ago bring them together? Can the one they make now save the Rossi and Accardi empires? Is Maisy the long-lost Antonina? And who has been working in the shadows to blow up the strongest families in Cosa Nostra or as it's commonly called 'the mafia'? Family is built on loyalty but loyalty can be bought. A blood oath is forever.

Talia Mason is a down on her luck young woman whose life has been riddled with darkness and tragedy. Lady Nova Barrington is the one of London's elite nobles, whom seems to have everything she could want. Except someone who truly understands her. Talia responds to an advertisement that Lady Barrington has placed for a ladies maid. Despite having no prior training, Nova agrees to hire Talia. And while the two are complete opposites, they begin to form a strong and deep bond, which slowly progresses into romance. However, one of Nova's closest friends discovers the two are sharing a secret romance, and accuses Talia of manipulating Nova and begins spreading rumors about the two. At first, Nova thinks perhaps it's best to end her relationship with Talia, but when tragedy strikes, Nova realizes that she must choose between Talia and her pampered lifestyle and friends. WARNING THIS STORY MENTIONS DEATH, ALCOHOLISM, SOME MINOR SEXUAL CONTENT BETWEEN TWO WOMEN AND DEALS WITH PREJUDICE AGAINST GAY PEOPLE.

What if the mate bond was just accepted? Andrei 'Dru' Adams is handsome, smart, the Alpha of the Starlight Ember pack, and lonely. He's the last of his friends left unmated. Elizabeth Mitchell is kind, beautiful, two weeks away from her wedding and thinks she's human. She's in the middle of the woods to celebrate her bachelorette party. Dru catches his mate's scent, but isn't sure which of the six women at the rental cabin it's coming from. As he tries to come up with a plan to find out, Elizabeth gets a visit by a powerful goddess that changes her whole world. From her name, to her species, to the fact that her real mate is near, she has a lot to take in all of a sudden. Not everyone fights their destiny. Sometimes the best love stories happen when two souls just give in to the bond and let the fire ignite. Let everyone around them worry about the outcome. These two are all in from the beginning.

(BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADOWS 1) The walls of Forestvale Manor talk to me in whispers that no one else can hear. What should I do, and why do I have to be the hero of this story? I merely wanted to figure out the mysteries of the enigmatic abandoned mansion before starting my new life at university. And now I find myself here, embroiled in a conflict that began who knows when and calls into question my ideals and my understanding of everything that has occurred up to this point. Mia.

Lilly is the owner of a small Café in the Bronx. Pressured into going to a speed dating event, she shows up with low expectations, and ends up meeting someone important to her very existence. The man who saved her grandfather's life during WWII, Sergeant James 'Bucky' Barnes. The former Hydra assassin known as The Winter Soldier, is finally living on his terms. Love didn't seem like it would ever be an option for him, but Lilly has him thinking maybe it is after all.

Not exactly a highly skilled psychic, Cat is determined to make a career from her craft and opens her own psychic office in downtown Orlando. Kian, a vampire, swoops into a barely lit alley and saves Cat from an attacker who left her battered and bleeding to death. Out of sheer necessity and desperation, Kian saves her life the only way he knows how. That night, they forge a bond that nothing or no one could ever break. A sense of gratitude makes Cat offer her services to Kian. The suspicion that he has an ulterior motive to be close to her never crosses her mind. Clueless to Kian's advances, Cat continues to believe that there is nothing there but friendship. Little does she know that the man who emerged from the shadows so long ago would change her life forever, and she doesn't realize that danger follows him.

[The Nano Watt 2023 Shortlist] [ONC 2021 Longlist] The world as Evren once knew changed massively from doing homework to fighting for survival in a zombie infested planet. Countries were wiped out within months some even days. Bringing a global impact on food and resources. But the infected wasn't the only thing Evren had to worry about. Her last group encounter had created a major target on her back when they found out what she had been keeping a secret. Surviving on her own after the tragic events that left her scarred, she realized the living was far more wicked then the dead. Which brought out a reluctance to trust anyone ever again.... Until she wakes up in the arms of a boy she thought was dead. ✨Round One Qualifier in Open Novella Contest✨ ✨Round Two Qualifier in Open Novella Contest✨ ✨Round Three Longlist in Open Novella Contest✨ 🥇Fist Place in Mystery/Thriller:Lucky Charm Awards(May 2021) ✨Longlist in The Nano Watt 2023✨ ✨Shortlist in the Nano Watt 2023✨ #ONC2021 | Prompt 38 | Prompt 2 ‼️Content/Trigger Warning: Contains gore, violence, some strong language. All rights belong to the author and no reproductions are allowed without the permission of @Renaissance1111. Please respect the author's copyright. 😊❤️ ©2021 C.S Marie

The Dark City Chronicles ⁓ Book One The creatures of evil won't stand a chance! The Demon's Reprisal is an action-packed novel with spicy romance, seductive vampires, dark humor, budding love, and the everlasting bonds of friendship. After the death of her father, Hannah seeks out the one person who can give her closure. She begins suffering prolific dreams and sets out to find a kidnapped girl. Suddenly thrust into a bloody underworld of dangerous conspiracies and veiled histories, she struggles to stay alive. If only, through it all, she could find a way to rid herself of a troublesome demon intent on witnessing her ruin. Kane's content endeavoring to keep his late father's magic shop afloat while battling the forces of evil in his spare time, but fate has other plans. If he's going to keep the one person in his life worth saving out of the clutches of darkness, he'll have to load his gun and pray he has enough bullets because enemies are everywhere and time is running out. Reid's left the tatters of his dismal past behind him and looks towards a bright future - that is, until his mother's murderer returns, newly killing and bodies are piling. He's thrown back into the dark world he'd escaped. It's a slippery slope to obscurity, and he's balancing on the razor's edge. One slip, and the alluring darkness will devour him whole. [COMPLETED]