Milena Volkov was never meant to be a wife. She was meant to be a survivor. Married at nineteen to secure peace between two criminal empires, Milena was sent to New York and quietly forgotten-protected by walls, guards, and distance. She doesn't live with her husband. She barely knows him. And she's learned how to survive alone. Rory Kingston is the most feared don in America. Control is his language. Distance is his armor. The marriage was business-nothing more-until his wife survives an ambush meant to kill her and storms into his headquarters, furious and bleeding, demanding answers. What Rory discovers is not a fragile Russian princess-but a woman forged in pain, venom, and quiet strength. And once Rory touches her, once he realizes how close he came to losing her, distance is no longer an option. Enemies close in. Obsession takes root. And a marriage built on strategy becomes something far more dangerous. Because Milena Volkov is no one's pawn. And Rory Kingston doesn't love gently.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐇𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭. Her clothes cling too tight and her attitude runs too sharp. She laughs too loud, wears too much yellow, carries far too much confidence for someone they think should take up less space. What most never notice is that it's all deliberate. A bright, blinding performance. A kind of noise meant to keep the world from hearing the quiet way her heart is breaking.

| 18+ | "𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒙. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒎." ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ "You're surprisingly big for a fucking prick." I gasp, feeling full, filled to the brim with him, as I watch him bear his teeth at me in anger, his harsh emotions rolling out of him in waves. "And you're surprisingly tight for a whore." he retorts, wrapping his large hand around my throat, cutting off any response I have to his statement. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ When the cold CEO Mikhail Voronov craves the untouchable 'Seraphina', he doesn't expect her to play harder than he plays. Zyla, a stripper with flames in her veins, has secrets sharper than her claws. She plays a lethal game of want-teasing, vanishing, leaving him hard and hungry. But the more he demands her, the deeper she digs her claws in. Now he's addicted. Now she's the fire he can't escape. As their dangerous game of want escalates-private dances, masked threats, stolen nights-turns to obsession, the line between desire and destruction blurs. But when the shadows close in, who'll burn first?

❝𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞,❞ I snapped-but it didn't sound convincing. The words came out unsteady. Breathless. He smirked. Reign leaned in, his mouth brushing my shoulder with deliberate slowness. ❝𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨.❞ His smile was all sin as his hand slid over me, firm and possessive, drawing a sound from my throat before I could stop it. My body reacted instantly-traitorously-heat coiling low as his touch lingered. ❝𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬... 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨.❞ He pulled me back against him, unyielding, leaving no room for doubt about what he wanted-or what he claimed. My breath caught, pulse spiraling as his grip tightened. ❝𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭...❞ His lips traced my shoulder, teeth grazing skin before he pressed a slow kiss where memory still burned. ❝𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞.❞ His voice dropped, dark and final. ❝𝐀 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞.❞ #12 Russia #3 Toxic Love #12 psycho #10 russianmafia #4 killer #5 crazy #5 obsessed #22 psychopath #52 darkromance #5 violence #4 Russian #14 abuse WARNING This book contains Dark ROMANCE -there will be abuse in the relationship -Dark themes -Mature content -Smut and ect ⚠️You've been warned ⚠️ Start: December - January 2023 End: May 18, 2024 Rewritten start: June 26, 2025 Rewritten end: ????

READ TRIGGER WARNINGS! She gets out of prison after five years with nowhere to go and no one waiting. He's an assassin who doesn't let people stay long enough to matter. She crashes into his life because she has no choice. He lets her stay because he owes a favor... and immediately regrets it. They don't get along. They don't trust each other. They know exactly how to hurt where it counts. But they can't stay away. Every fight turns into a game. Every game turns dangerous. They push each other to the edge just to see who breaks first. She's full of secrets. He's full of violence. Both are chasing something they won't talk about. Living together was a mistake, but wanting each other is worse... This isn't romance. It's lust, power, and desire spiraling out of control. And once they start, neither of them plans to survive it clean. Outrage - may the best player win.

READ TRIGGER WARNINGS! They never belonged. Not him, with empty eyes and a darkness that came from somewhere deeper than the world. Not her, raised in a CEO family. She was too clueless, too innocent, too alive for a world built on silent obedience. Her arranged marriage to him was nothing more than a business deal, and she was the one sacrificed to make it happen. People think the worst thing you can be is powerless. They're wrong. The worst thing you can be is awake. Now she's trapped in a marriage she didn't choose, bound to a man she doesn't understand, both of them pushed to the edges of a world that never wanted them. Just a girl in the hands of a monster, trying to survive a world that was never meant to keep her alive. There are no heroes, no saviors in their story. Outcast - two people who never fit, shoved into a life neither of them asked for.

When Melody Hart moved to New York, getting pulled into the world of her new family and the wealth the Wanner's possessed ━━ she never expected to meet someone like Zyran Rhodes, the epitome of a reserved, untouchable man who also turned out to be her stepbrother's trusted bestfriend. 27122025━━

𝘼 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚. 𝙁𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙡 -- Heartless. One word to describe Amara Alvarez. But she wasn't always this way. Once, she was just a girl with a family, a future, a life untouched by blood and violence. Then the Italians took everything. They shattered her world, buried her past, and left her with nothing but a heart full of rage. For almost a decade, Amara has lived in the shadows, a ghost among the living-hiding, surviving, waiting. She mourns the girl she was before the night they came for her, before she learned that monsters weren't just myths. Now, she's done waiting. ∞ 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑧𝑜 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑜. The king of New York's underworld. A man feared as much as he is respected. He controls the city's wealthiest and most powerful, with blood on his hands and ice in his veins. You don't provoke him. You don't challenge him. And most of all-you don't deceive him. ∞ Deception is exactly what Amara intends to do. To destroy the family who stole her life, she must become one of them. Marry the monster. Play the devoted wife. Infiltrate his empire. Make him trust her-just long enough to rip it all away. But Lorenzo Caruso is not just a monster. He's calculated, merciless, impossible to break. The deeper Amara sinks into his world, the harder it becomes to tell who is truly in control. She wants revenge. He wants loyalty. In a game of lies, deception, and betrayal-only one of them can win. -- • Dark romance • Enemies to lovers • Marriage of convenience • Revenge arc • Found family • Explicit content

𝑯𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗈 𝖪𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌𝗅𝖾𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗋𝗎𝗍𝖺𝗅, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗏𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖽𝗈 𝗌𝗈 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗅 𝗂𝗍. 𝖧𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗇. 𝖧𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗇𝖽. 𝖧𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗐𝗇. 𝖴𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝖫𝗒𝖽𝗂𝖺 𝖧𝖺𝗋𝗉𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖻𝗒 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾. 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖺 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗉𝗎𝖻𝗅𝗂𝖼, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝖿𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗍𝖾, 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝖾𝗅𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖫𝗒𝖽𝗂𝖺 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗎𝖾𝗅𝗍𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝖼𝗒. He doesn't stop believing the world is cruel. He just decides she shouldn't have to face it. But selective mercy has consequences. And even the well-intentioned don't escape them.