Robert De Luca has everything a man could want in life. Lots of money, a fantastic job, fast cars and plenty of women and yet he feels incomplete. His best friend and partner in crime is now married with children and his own mother keeps asking him when he's going to find a nice girl too settle down with. What's an Italian mama's boy to do but take a trip to Italy. Unfortunately on the trip he finds he can't escape destiny, a childhood friend Lauren LaLa Rizzoli is on the run from her family. Sexy, beautiful and funny she's untouchable. With five brothers, a wise guy dad, and a hellion for a mother. What's a guy to do to get a kiss ? Maybe he'll just take a brotherly beat down, agree not to double cross her dad and eat every dish her mother sits in front of him. Just to win this crazy woman's heart.

It's not easy being the only girl in the Durant household. It's tough when everybody views you as the baby of the family, despite having a twin brother who is only two minutes older than you. But most difficult of all is harboring a secret crush on your twin's best friend for three years. Sofia Durant is having the worst last weeks of high school she could have ever imagined, especially after failing two classes and having to take summer classes in order to graduate. So when Adrian Carter, the star of the college soccer team in Madrid unexpectedly asks her out on a date, she thinks her bad streak has come to an end. But things take a turn for the worse and after an unspeakable night she wishes she could forget, flees to London to live with her older brother Leo. Eight months pass before she finally has the courage to come back home and resume her life, only to find that things are a whole lot different now and she's not the only one who has changed.

Ava King is the 23rd victim of a serial killer's killing spree. The FBI knows it won't be too much longer before another girl is killed, and they are more determined than ever to catch the killer - before she strikes again. Along the way, old romance re-kindles, lies are passed around, and betrayal is felt by everyone. Beware, for all serial killers want to win. They choose victims they can kill successfully.* Book 1 in the NYC FBI Case Files Series** *"All serial killers want to win. They choose victims they can kill successfully," is a quote by Pat Brown. **These are not real cases from the NYC FBI. My MADE-UP characters work for the NYC FBI, thus giving the series title its name.