Book 2 of the Painted Lies duet grief /ɡriːf/ noun; intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death. Liliana Russo is many things. The head of the Spanish mafia. A daughter. A sister. An assassin. A young woman. A criminal. Cruel? Ruthless? Unforgiving? Grieving? After everything she's been through in Italy, everyone almost forgot about everything that happened in Russia. Apart from Liliana, she struggles to forget a second of her past no matter how hard she tries. The training, the psychological manipulation, the torture and the fear. Now she has to face everything at once. Her family. Her friends. Her enemies. Her own reflection. Her past, her present and her future. And her grief. She watches as everything within reach to her burns at her command, at her touch. And she watches as it all goes up in flames. All of it. ... "Do you know how it feels-" I start, the anger seeping out of every crevice of my body as I walk up to him swinging my knife around in my hands with practiced precision, something that felt completely natural to me. Like riding a bike. "To have everything you love stripped away from you with one person?" My voice cracks and I point the knife against the external jugular vein popping out the side of his neck as he strains to get away from my hold. Alas his attempts appear to be useless against the restraints binding him the the wall. "My sisters dead" "I- I promise I didn't do anything to her" "Oh I know" I recoil with amusement and repositioning the knife so that the tip and butt both rest comfortably between my fingers as I twirl it, grinning like the Cheshire Cat with a sincere expression towards the bloody man hanging on the basement wall. "But unfortunately the person who did met an all too easy demise, quicker than I would have liked" I pout breaking into a manic laugh before dropping my face all together. "So I suppose, you'll have to do"

𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 #𝟸 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲! 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 '𝐄𝐗𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐄' 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 ~Just when everything were going well. Things had to turn around~ After her introduction in the Mafia balls, she is known in the underworld as the weakness of not one but two Mafia Empires. What happens when enemies arise from both left and right? Will she be able to fight them off? Will she be able to revenge for her Family? Or will this be a devastating ending? Also, what happens when a certain someone has an eye on her? ~~~ 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁! '𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆'

When Anastasia and Liam Kingsley were taken, they were severely injured but not dead. The French mafia kept them in containment, in a steel room. They were tortured, starved, beat, raped, whipped. They made a plan. It took years. It was fucking worth it. - you have to read the first book, 'intrepid'. thanks for all the support ily.

❤︎𝗠𝗔𝗙𝗜𝗔 𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗘𝗡❤︎ 2 𝚈𝙴𝙰𝚁𝚂 𝙻𝙰𝚃𝙴𝚁.... 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠,Elijah Romano, 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧,Valentina Gonzales, 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧? 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧|| 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 2 of Insatiable Love Rankings: #1lostqueen 16/7/22 #25 mustread 24/9/22

She is broken. He is full of regret. She is cold. He is warm. She hates him and herself. He loves her, but hates himself. She is a deadly assassin who ran away. He has searched for her since she went missing 8 months ago. She thinks no one cares she is gone. He cares more than he wants to admit. ------ It's been 8 months since Ella was taken. 8 months of the Moretti's and Ella's friends searching everywhere for her, with no luck, until a certain ball comes around, a ball where they see a girl in a beautiful blue gown, and long brown hair. It was a masquerade ball, but they thought they knew her. Then something tragic happens at the ball, and now they are back on the search, trying to find and get Ella back. Will they succeed? ------ "She stood there in her blue gown, an evil glint in her eyes as she slid the knife across his throat, killing him instantly. Blood coated her dress as she smirked at us. Than, everything went dark again." "I couldn't breathe, what was happening to me? I said I hated him. Hate. I do hate him, don't I? Why is he doing this to me?" "She's always on my mind, I won't forget her. Ever. No matter what she does or says, I won't let her go, not again. I won't make the same mistake twice."

Aphrodite Kensington is a lot of things. She's a princess, the life of the party, most skilled in combat, she's the strongest . . . She's a liar. Not only had she convinced herself that her lie was true, she convinced her family of it too. She never thought her lie would come back to bite her in the ass, they never have before. But Aphrodite shouldn't have lied about a person she truly knew nothing about. Now she's gotten herself and her family caught in a dangerous situation just when they thought everything was over. This is Book 2. slow updates**

𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗺𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲: 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝟭. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 STARTED: Jan. 03,2023 ENDED: SET:

Love always burns. In fiery passion and in cruel betrayal. With the love of his life by his side, Dominic had felt at peace for the first time in his life. But how, in good faith, can he so easily forgive her after all that pain she caused him and his family? He was losing his mind, and he had no idea who or what could stop him. He felt sick to his stomach from the pity and wide arms flung upon him. He was tired of people asking him whether he was okay all the time, as if they were waiting for him to lose it. He despised the idea that, had he kept his heart hidden as he had for all these years, all of this could have been prevented. Arabella had experienced what he was going through once. She was aware of the pain and resentment that come from being looked down upon due to the trials that they had endured. She understood that sometimes a helping hand looks just as daunting as being held at gunpoint. Nonetheless she still found herself yearning to help him move on. Something she hadn't done yet herself. When she kept stuffing things down her throat rather than communicating, who was she to say anything? She had never told him the whole truth, so how could she make him open up? Why did he still feel like he didn't need to breathe a single meaningful breath without her? Where mercy is shown, mercy is given.

For two years, the Black Widow laid dormant. Everyone presumed she was dead. That was the biggest mistake of their lives, because in the end, it led to their deaths. ------------------------------ Two years ago, Alessia Accardo or better known as the best assassin and street fighter in the world, the 'Black Widow', had been presumed dead. But was she? Thanks to the help of her true family, she was able to fully leave behind the household that truly led to her life to be shaped the way it is. She was finally set free the day she turned 18 and was able to leave the name behind that held her restrained for years, 'Accardo', and instead took on a new name that truly replicates how powerful she truly is, 'Alarie'. Completely oblivious to knowing Alessia still remains on this planet, the Accardo family set out to seek revenge on their biggest rival, who led to Alessia's death, while still grieving to this very day. Everyone believed the 'Black Widow' to be long gone or presumably dead but as Alessia says: 'Don't ever count out someone who never died to begin with.' BOOK ON HOLD-

It's time for Athena Russo to get her revenge on the ones that have wronged her. People will try to stop her, but she's blinded by hatred. She's waited for this moment for the past five years, and we all know nothing is better than revenge. Nothing will stop her. Not even her brothers.