It is a well-established fact amongst those who lurk the criminal underworld that love is nothing more than a weakness. It is a weakness that those who want to destroy you will take advantage of in order to bring you down to your knees in the dirt at their feet, with the barrels of their guns pressed against the skin of your temple, ready to end your life with one meaningless flick of their finger. However, Vittorio Lucente, the Don of the most influential and notorious crime family the underworld has ever known, quickly learns that love is an emotion beyond his vast control, and that the moment he starts to fall for the broken beauty behind the bar, it is impossible for him to just stop. Rose feels as though she is a shell of who she could be, having had to live a life where violence and pain was thrust upon her the moment she was born, but that doesn't stop her from falling deeper and deeper into a world where brutality is almost as normal as needing oxygen to live. Rose has her thorns, and yet Vittorio is still all too willing to take a firm grip on her and risk his very own blood being drawn, just so long as he can keep her safe away from those wanting to hurt her. They both have their enemies and they not only threaten to tear the two of them apart, but they also threaten to completely shatter both of their worlds. - A/N - I started this book in 2015, and I'm continuing it in 2020. This is also likely to be the first out of a two book series. Warning: There will be violence and mention of abuse, sexual abuse, drugs, alcohol and sex. Author's Note: This is my first original story and these are my own characters.

Mark took out his gun and shot the floor and with it. He left to go meet his enemy who stole the woman he loved dearly. Thomas laid there on the floor with his men surrounding him. Mark instructed his men to start to leave. "Hey Thomas, I killed your daughter" with that said Mark walked out and went to his car not waiting for his enemies reaction. "If I can't have Claire doesn't mean I can't have a part of her with me forever" muttered Mark whilst driving. ... The name is Alice, Alice Klaus. My father is very abusive and possessive of me as if I am a treasure he doesn't want to lose but why would I leave my own father? *Mature Content* A lot of violence and abuse. 1st in #lostdaughter 14/11/2018 By the writer of The New Comers and Water Girl. I just had an idea for this book and I had to write it down. I hope you enjoy this book 🙃🙃🙃❤️❤️❤️

Coming from an abusive household, Meredith Hill makes up her mind to finally escape. She runs till she meets a family friend who decides to take her in as one of her own. When high school is added to the mix, she must learn how to cope with her past as well as making friends. The bad boy of Woodland High, Reid Taylor, a biker with tattoos and girls always on his arm. At 16, his father stepped down and the roll as the cruelest Mafia leader in America, passed down to him. Trouble follows him like a magnet, until he meets her. His need to protect her is almost intoxicating. She changes him and she doesn't even realize, while he slowly lures her out of her shell. They're each other's drug, and it's addicting. WARNING: This story contains mature scenes, such as: sexual content, self harm and abuse. Read at your own risk! CLICHÉ AND FAST PACED STORY « SLOWLY EDITING » P.S. I made my own cover! If you'd like one let me know <3 ~~~~~~~~~ RANKINGS #92 in Teen Fiction [2/21/18] #89 in Teen Fiction [2/25/18] #61 in Teen Fiction [3/13/18] #47 in Teen Fiction [3/17/18] #29 in Teen Fiction [3/19/18] #17 in Teen Fiction [3/21/18] #14 in Teen Fiction [3/23/18] #11 in Teen Fiction [3/30/18] #9 in Teen Fiction [3/31/18] #6 in Teen Fiction [4/3/18] & [5/2/18] #5 in bad boy

[HIGHEST RANK 06 IN ROMANCE] "Dont make me repeat myself kitten. Be a good girl, sit in the car and seal your lips" he whispered in my ears. But that whisper was not a normal one. It was threatening. I did as he said and he smirked and somehow I hated that smirk of his. Curiosity killed the cat but here, curiosity killed me every minute, every second. What happens when you see things you are not supposed to see??? The only way out is to get in. Arabella or Ara for short is taken away from her normal life and forced into living a life with the world's most dangerous mafia. She comes across a series of things which is not meant for her. One thing which is definitely not for her is the Mafia's head Adrian. Not accustomed to this new way of living there is alot of emotions, questions, fear, anger and love that Ara experiences. Will she be able to survive a life like this? Will she come out of all this? Will she lose herself at the course of time?

Selena, has been through a lot in all her twenty-one years of living on this earth. First, with being in an orphanage most of her life that haunts her dream till this day. Second, being adopted by people who were abusive and manipulative. After, their death from a car accident she received her heritance money and moved to Rome. Hoping for a new home, life and friends. But, with her friend she gets caught up in a life she only read in books or old articles.

Vienna faces the truth that her boyfriend has sex with other women and treats her like a third-rate convenience. She grabs all her clothes and tells him goodbye. Her confidence is shot. Her genius in the tech world has not been discovered, and the breakup makes her late to serve drinks at the Buccieri Casino, placing her in front of the Buccieri head. Donato requests that she joins him, a request she cannot refuse. With a gun to her head, the privilege thrusts Vienna into the middle of an all-out war. She can never leave. Donato chooses her bed. Left with no choice but to stay, Vienna accepts her new life and must earn the respect of the Buccieri name.

[NOW AVAILABLE ON NOVELCAT AND IREADER] Cold, Ruthless, Heartless, and arrogant. Those are the words that describe Edgar Romanov. A boss of a secret mafia organization based in Russia. And there is her Phoebe Rousseau, a French lady that happen to catches Edgar's eyes, and immediately becomes his hated treasured possession. Can she sacrifice herself help him to tame the untamed beast inside him ? What will happen with this two unique couple ?

After being trapped in a women trafficking society in the guise of a Convent and auctioned to the highest bidder, Sarah finds herself at the mercy of a Ruthless god, a mafia boss who is unfeeling and has a lust for blood but never would she have guessed that she would become his kryptonite. ★★★ "Look at me, Sarah." He appealed softly and lifted her chin with a curved finger and she reluctantly lifted her head and looked into his eyes. His head slowly descended and he captured her lips. She couldn't do anything, she just stood there and let him run his hands down her body, especially the sides. His kisses were soft and tender. The taste of liquor was still on his lips and demanding tongue and the smell of tobacco still lingered on his breath. He wrapped his arms around her slim form, bringing her body against his and kissed her deeply but passionately, running both hands up her back to under her neck to lift her full curly hair and feel the smooth texture in his palm. Despite all this, she didn't respond to him. She was rather too stunned to even return his kisses and his demanding caresses. Sensing her reluctance and her non-responsive attitude to his kisses, he stopped kissing her and stepped back.

*Heighest ranking 26th in Love, 1st in General Fiction, and 1st in Tragedy, as well as no#1 in mystery* When you're the most feared and powerful Italian Mafia Boss, you cannot have the world know of your existence or of any personal ties you may have. Otherwise bad things tend to happen, and this man learned that lesson the hard way. Now, he refuses to allow anyone close to him, much less get anywhere past his cold exterior. Their story wasn't meant to begin like it did. They weren't meant to meet the way they did. After all, she was only a university student and he was a ghost. Nonexistent, a rumor, a story you told your children at night. But when the most unforeseen circumstances cause their paths to cross, not once, not twice, but thrice--an encounter that ends with the vow of discretion and avoidance. They have no choice but to acknowledge they have to stay away before one of them gets hurt. Which is exactly what happens. This causes another encounter between the two, but this time with a promise of safety and security, because he owes her his life. *** "I say what I mean, and I do what I say." He assured in a low rumbling voice that had her transported back to older times. "And when I say I will keep you safe, believe me, that not even a hair on your head will be touched." (The full story can be found on the following link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NPSKL6W)

23 year old isabell Collins was beautiful inside and out .she was his saviour , his light , his reason ,his escape ,his everything. He was Roman naight morello, a man of power ,possession and intimidation. At 32 years not only had he set up a great business empire but was the ruler of the the underworld of Newyork. he was mysterious unable to taint her beautiful innocence with his reality. ............................................................................................................................... Izzy loved him. She was content and happy in her life with him next to her . He was a hard working ,loving honest man for her , her one true love . What she doesn't know is that her love is also the man who kills in cold blood ,who instilles fear in those around him. She was rome's reason to live . He found her by chance, by mistake. He couldn't lose her now or never ,she was his , forever his .