Caterina and Lex never had a fairytale marriage. Forced into an arrangement neither of them wanted, they have been caught in a web of betrayal and deceit since they said "I do." And just when it seemed like they might be able to overcome the bad blood between their families, the ultimate betrayal made enemies of them once again. Season 2 of The Valentino Brothers *** Fleeing to New York, Caterina thought she could escape the shadows that haunt her, but what's done in the dark always comes to light. Desperate for protection, she has no choice but to turn to the man she betrayed for help. But Lex is not so forgiving and has an agenda of his own. He agrees to protect Caterina and their child, but only on his terms. As they struggle to navigate their complicated relationship, a storm begins to brew within the mafia world. Tensions rise as rival families clash, threatening to tear apart everything Caterina and Lex have built together. And amidst all this chaos, Caterina discovers a shocking truth about her mother's death-and the real person responsible for it. As they fight against external forces and their own inner demons, Caterina knows that the stakes are higher than ever before. Can she trust Lex to protect her and their child? Will they be able to weather the coming storm together or will it tear them apart forever?

When mafia princess Caterina is thrust into an arranged marriage with the enemy, Lex Valentino, she makes a dangerous plan to take his family down from the inside...But her new fiancé has a revenge plan of his own. Season 1 of The Valentino Brothers *** Mafia princess Caterina Marchetti has worked tirelessly as her father's right hand to become the successor of the family. So when her father gives the title to her useless older brother and plans to marry Caterina off to the enemy, Lex Valentino, she is beyond furious. Caterina knows that the Valentino family was behind her mother's murder, and is convinced her father wants to take down the Valentinos from the inside. She poses as the perfect fiancée and moves to Italy, but secretly makes it her mission to avenge her mother's death. But little does she know, Lex has a revenge plan of his own. Lex has been keeping an eye on the Marchetti family for years and jumps at the chance to get closer to Caterina to avenge his own sister's murder, starting with making Caterina fall head over heels in love with him. As Caterina tries to ignore Lex's advances, and Lex attempts to bury his growing feelings for her, the pair's undeniable chemistry soon lands them in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game caught between lust, love and revenge. WARNING: This story contains mature content including strong language and depictions of violence that may not be suitable for some readers. Reader discretion is advised.

𝐴𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖. Ruthless and cold. He was the definition in person of arrogance. He doesn't care about nobody except himself. Son of the Don of the Italian Mafia, he was forced to become what he is now; A cruel cold-hearted killer. He doesn't allow himself to feel empathy or any other emotions. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦? 𝐼𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜. Reckless, impassive, and reserved were the words to describe Ivory Carillo. She was a living mystery. Inside of her was a constant war fighting against herself. Against her own demons. Daughter of the Don of the Spanish Mafia, she built herself. And now she doesn't allow anyone to reach her. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫? They have nothing in common, and they hate each other for years. But when an unexpected arranged marriage bound them together, the anger and tension don't go away the slightest. It only increases even more. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫... ❣︎★❦︎♥︎

BLURB: She fell and rose again minus her heart. She had lost her life and her breaths tainted her future. She knew it was wrong that HE was wrong but who was she when he had made sure she would be his whether she liked it or not. He was the pakhan and she was his twisted little obsession but his past was tainted with the same malicious fingers as hers but he would have her. She was his. She just did not realise it yet and well let's just say he was not that interested in informing her prior to his plans. What will happen when the secrets of the past will be unveiled? Will she forgive her tormentor? Or will the tormentor again torment her past?

•Zale Ascian Weylyn• I own these cities, my territories; this is my kingdom and I am the king here. And now I want the territory of Alaska that falls under Iyan Family, their protection, their rule. My only rivals. And I would do anything to get it, anything. Even if it means shedding some blood and capturing their mafia princess, Jezebel. •Jezebel Iyan• I was supposed to marry Nikolas in a few months, he was young and third in command to my father after my brother. I liked him and was excited to marry him until Zale Weylyn walked into my life--like the villain he was--wrecking chaos. "She was supposed to be just a pawn in my game; then why did she feel like so much more?"

"𝐂𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢, 𝐦𝐢𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚." "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭?" "𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧." "𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲?" "𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥." "𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞." "𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰." ༄༄༄ 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝒶 𝒽ℯ𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓁ℯ𝓈𝓈 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝓃ℯ𝓇 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝒶 𝒽ℯ𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒷𝓇ℴ𝓀ℯ𝓃 𝓈𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓉 ༄༄༄ 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫? 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭?

SEQUEL TO STYLISH, SASSY AND FEISTY When guilt-ridden American Mafia boss Jax acts hastily killing someone who he valued deeply, his life spirals out of control with drinks and drugs causing him to lose himself. He still remains clueless on Reina's true identity but slowly uncovers it. He murdered the Sicilian Mafia princess but what happens when he realises she was the Black Hunter? What happened on the other side of the warehouse where Reina sat on a chair tied up accused. Did she outsmart the whole of the mafia being the badass Black Hunter and make a narrow escape or is her body buried underground after one of the men kill her following Jax's command.

Reina Clementine Romano the youngest Romano of the Sicilian mafia and course the most badass. A successful CEO of the Romano's hotel in the day; but at the night she hides under the name The Black Hunter. A professional crazy criminal with talents in every corner of the underground world. The best shooter, body hunter, assassin, fighter, and practically anything you can name. Jax Phoenix Martinez the ruthless and bloody American Mafia boss. Feared by many cops and criminals. He loves seeing his enemies suffer so tortures him for days on end; nonstop. An absolute psycho! He simply doesn't give one damn towards anyone so say the wrong things to him and the rest of your life is not promised. Both are feared and talented in what they do; both love seeing their enemies on their knees begging for mercy; both are beyond the word crazy. What happens when they cross paths? Will the demons rise while the angel falls or will they be intertwined by fate and fate alone? 1 in #badgirl 1 in #criminals 1 in #badass 1 in #crime 1 in #assassin 3 in #mafia 1 in #guns 8 in #teenfiction

COMPLETED✅ Arturo Vasquez -Head of Spanish mafia- was planning on accepting the proposal of Russian mafia leader Ivan Volkov's for his daughter, Aiyana, for her hand in marriage. Laying the cards down on the table, Marco Dominic Valentino - Head of the Italian mafia - makes a better counteroffer, hence it's settled that Aiyana would marry Amren Valentino, the heir for the Italian mafia. They only met once before they're married, but sometimes once is enough. Challenges and hurdles thrust their way left and right, leaving the couple no chance but to manifest this fake relationship into something real. ❣️•••❣️ Excerpt : "I think I'm strong enough to handle myself" She confesses with specks of anger darting through her eyes. I groan "You are, but it doesn't mean I like you being away from me in case anything happens" I stress my words, my breath hitting her face in gentle waves. "Shall you put me on a leash too?" She spits defiantly, smelling the tinge of alcohol on her breath, the knife digging deeper into my skin, I feel it's only moments away from piercing through my skin. My eyes snap to her angry contortions, her eyebrows furrowed, mouth slightly agape. "Come on, dance with me. The earth is spinning, we can't just stand on it" ❣️•••❣️ *I do not own any of the pictures used in this book, they belong to their rightful owners. *contains cursing. *contains mature themes. *focuses more on the romantic aspect, but I guarantee there's some action;) HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 in mafiamarriage #7 in ForcedMarriage #1 in mafiaking #1 in arranged #10 in arrangedmarriage #1 in fastpaced #1 in fake #1 in darkacademia #3 in mafia #1 in marriage #6 in completed #4 in youngadult #1 in enemies #1 in enemiestolovers #1 in drama #1 in spicy

"blood on your hands they say- as though it stops there ; at your wrists, like a glove as though you could do all of this and there couldn't be a part of you that isn't stained or dripping" They say the loveliest angels make the cruelest demons and how Ariana Angel Valenci made the kindest and most beautiful angel, before she was dragged to hell. Her devotion transferred to the knife she turns inside herself, Zayden Dax Olezka. Mafia enemies to lovers Trigger warning for: -coarse language -Violence -Self harm -abuse -alcohol and drugs Started:April 9th 2023 Finished: December 25th 2024